Millions of women born in the 1950s were affected by the change to the State Pension age
More than 3.6 million women across Great Britain are estimated to have missed out on State Pension payments due to changes made to the UK Government’s retirement age. Between April 2010 and November 2018, it rose from 60 to 65 for women, and in October 2020 it increased to 66 for both men and women.
Under section 7 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, it states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”. Recent research from the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign suggests that changes to the State Pension age have had a huge impact on millions of women born in the 1950s. It found that almost half of the 7,000 WASPI women, who participated in the survey, have struggled to pay household bills over the last six months.
By this time many had made life changing decisions, reducing their hours, turning down promotions, or taking early retirement because they believed their State Pension would come in at 60. The WASPI campaign argues that this lack of notice robbed millions of women of the ability to adequately plan for their retirement.
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