MPs debate transitional state pension arrangements for women

Paul_Herring

Pennylane wrote: »

A glimmer of hope?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/could-women-be-about-to-land-a-fairer-pension-deal-now-iain-dunc/

Women getting pensions earlier, and for longer, than men is "fairer"?

How?

missbiggles1

Pennylane wrote: »

http://www.maturetimes.co.uk/pensions-grab-means-poverty-1950s-women/

An example of some of the laziest, shoddiest journalism (?) I've come across.

Malthusian

They know their audience. If you're a regular reader of a website called "The Mature Times" it's reasonably likely you're of the "I'm old so the world owes me a living" brigade.

bigadaj

Malthusian wrote: »

They know their audience. If you're a regular reader of a website called "The Mature Times" it's reasonably likely you're of the "I'm old so the world owes me a living" brigade.

Though some might arrive at such a website and be slightly disappointed by the content!

Paul_Herring

bigadaj wrote: »

Though some might arrive at such a website and be slightly disappointed by the content!

Oh?

"Charity disappointed at Government failure to act on video-on-demand subtitling"

"Singing your heart out help beats cancer"

"Welsh auteur Jamie Adams props up a daft script with some fine comic performances"

Hours of fun!

jamesd

bigadaj wrote: »

Well you can keep clutching at straws to maintain gender inequality if you want, but I wouldn't rely on it too much.

It isn't maintaining gender inequality. It's already been removed and any change would mean adding more gender inequality. That's part of the reason why I will donate to help fund any legal action to prevent such an increase in discrimination.

There's still the matter of the Collection of Women Against Real Injustice and Inequality of the State Pension pointing out that women are worse off from having an earlier state pension age because they will not qualify for the flat rate and of around 650,000 women reaching state pension age in the first ten years who will receive an average of £8 a week more as a result of being in the new system rather than the old one.

WASPI isn't acting in the interests even of all women affected, since it's campaigning for reduced pensions for many of them that will unnecessarily leave some dependent on benefits who could have avoided that.

Daniel54

Why Royal London ( Steve Webb ) think early state pension access in "not a solution"

http://www.actuarialpost.co.uk/article/early-access-to-state-pension

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bigadaj

jamesd wrote: »

It isn't maintaining gender inequality. It's already been removed and any change would mean adding more gender inequality. That's part of the reason why I will donate to help fund any legal action to prevent such an increase in discrimination.

There's still the matter of the Collection of Women Against Real Injustice and Inequality of the State Pension pointing out that women are worse off from having an earlier state pension age because they will not qualify for the flat rate and of around 650,000 women reaching state pension age in the first ten years who will receive an average of £8 a week more as a result of being in the new system rather than the old one.

WASPI isn't acting in the interests even of all women affected, since it's campaigning for reduced pensions for many of them that will unnecessarily leave some dependent on benefits who could have avoided that.

That's what I said.

Malthusian

@Paul Herring: I think bigadaj had a different kind of "mature" website in mind.

Paul_Herring

Malthusian wrote: »

@Paul Herring: I think bigadaj had a different kind of "mature" website in mind.

I can't think what you might mean...

"Hey there, you without pajama bottoms"

"‘If you can take it, you can make it’"

"What's a girl your age doing hanging around with grown men?"