I just signed the petition "State Pension age for women to be reduced from 66 to 60" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.
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Already signed it on FB, I'd like to retire now , am 62 and not coping v well at the minute , all this hassle just to get retired on medical grounds , it wasn't broken so leave it alone!!!
Of course one would love the cake and eat it too, ie longer life expectancy and earlier SP. Sign by all means but, considering equal contributions and ladies living longer, isn't an earlier retirement just for women unfair? (Ladies: please no abuse in your comments 😎😍)
Dear frose, I myself had to work years longer than I earlier expected for the contributions I paid. A point you choose to ignore is fairness between genders. Earlier retirement could be acceptable IMHO when to redress unfair burdens on women, say two years for each child after the first one. A blanket earlier retirement based on gender is outright unfair.
Fairness between genders? Until the 1990s women were excluded from many company pension schemes because of our gender, so had nothing to fall back on when these SP changes (which we were given very little notice of) were brought in.
I'm a lady (sort of!) and I agree. The 'wrong' is that it has happened so suddenly - 3 years ago I was contemplating retirement in 4 years - now I'm looking at 10years. I have COPD - it's getting worse - I genuinely don't think I'll make it. I'm self employed - piano teacher - I catch colds off the children all the time. With relief I was applying a system of natural redundancy and not filling gaps as children finished their studies. All of a sudden I need a whole new generation. My friend who is 2 years older has just retired, at 60. I know the funds are short but it's cruel and iniquitous to move the goal posts by so much and so suddenly. I personally have absolutely no hope whatsoever that there will be any money IF I even get there xpiggix
Signed. Have u seen WASPI on FB they are doing great work to gain some compensation for 50's women who have lost out by by not having enough warning of the changes. Jan
Have signed Frose, I am one of the lucky ones who retired at 60 I just scrapped in. I feel that pension age should not keep increasing for men or women, it is just increasing lack of jobs for the young in my opinion. We should have a choice on whether we work passed retirement age, not be forced to have to work longer because the state can't provide us with pension like other countries.The over fifties have lots to offer in other areas if they could retire, whilst youngsters need to build a life for their future and can't do this without work and an income. Anyway that's my thoughts on the issue. Good luck with recruiting supporters x
Done and put on Facebook, I'm 59 still working in retail and I've had enough, I should be retiring next year but have to plod on for another 7 years. Retail is not easy on your feet all day especially when health not good. Fingers crossed they will listen x x
Signed and shared. Felt I had to leave my employment and for the last few months I have been on ESA. Now after an assessment, apparently I am fit to work. I am 63yrs this year and have to start looking for work
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