Frozen state pensions: MPs call for vote on ‘cruel’ policy

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Tory MP Sir Peter Bottomley says he hopes statutory instrument will allow debate

When Dela Willmott, a former office manager from Sussex, retired in 1979 – having paid national insurance all her life – her pension was £17 a week. Today, the 98-year-old is still drawing her state pension. It is still £17 a week.

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