I was delighted to be
invited to join the Women
Against State Pension Inequality at SSDC's offices
after the full council meeting last week.
WASPI are a campaign group that fights the
injustice done to all women born in the 1950's affected by the changes
to the State Pension Law (1995/2011 Acts).
The
women have been campaigning hard to reverse the state pension age for women
back to the original age of 60. Under the current legislation,
those like myself, who were born after 1951, are going to be adversely
affected, particularly as it is felt that insufficient notice was given so that
we had little time in which to review our plans for retirement.
It
was especially pleasing that the motion to lobby the government over this issue
was passed during the meeting, although I was surprised that it was not
unanimous.
Cllr.
Linda Vijeh
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