WASPI ‘victory’

Gers

I catergorically did not receive a letter about the acceralrated pension change in 2011.  However, I would have worked on anyway and also received a LG superannuation pension aged 60 so wasn't as affected as many others. Not a member of WASPI and don't expect any kind of payout but it's good to have the acknowledgment that the changes weren't communicated properly.

All those who declared 'you must have had a letter' can now accept that many didn't. Me included.

westv

Nobody has said you should have received a letter. They are saying you should have been aware via the numerous other routes it would have been communicated via.

Silvertabby

sammyjammy said:

Some woman on the news made a comment of "what have they done with our money, they must have it sitting there somewhere"

It's amazing the number of people who think they have paid in the total amount of their eventual State pensions.  Reality is that, on average, NI payments barely cover the first 5 years of the State pension.

Flugelhorn

Silvertabby said:

sammyjammy said:

Some woman on the news made a comment of "what have they done with our money, they must have it sitting there somewhere"

It's amazing the number of people who think they have paid in the total amount of their eventual State pensions.  Reality is that, on average, NI payments barely cover the first 5 years of the State pension.

I have added mine up - comes to over £90K - even that won't pay many years of State Pension

Prism

Flugelhorn said:

Silvertabby said:

sammyjammy said:

Some woman on the news made a comment of "what have they done with our money, they must have it sitting there somewhere"

It's amazing the number of people who think they have paid in the total amount of their eventual State pensions.  Reality is that, on average, NI payments barely cover the first 5 years of the State pension.

I have added mine up - comes to over £90K - even that won't pay many years of State Pension

Mine is about £25k in total and probably £35k by the time I retire. Obviously the amount paid in is unrelated to the state pension but the media do like soundbites like that.

westv

I've no idea what mine would come to over the 44 years of paying NI.

pinnks

I looked at mine the other week and it is about £90k too, including 5 years voluntary but my other half who was part-time and gets a higher pension than me, because of how the transitional rules panned out, lol, paid only £2k.  Oh, and she's a 1950s baby and nobody told her she would get NI credited if in a low-paid, part-time job!!  Disgraceful that she has benefited from that without being told it would happen. 
And I guess it is theoretically possible to get a full new state pension with only NI credits on your record. 

Pointless exercise really but at least it quashes this notion of paying into some sort of pot, or fund...
  

CouldntResist

I have found it a general rule in my dealings with people that those that most often tell that they have 'paid NI all my life' are most frequently those that have actually made quite low contributions whilst at the same time complaining about how much NI they pay

Grumpy_chap

This apparent basis for (quite a lot of) compensation seems to be all around there having been a law change and those affected did not get sent a personally addressed letter to their place of abode.
I am unaware that we have a custom and practice of sending personally addressed letter to everyone affected by a change in the law.  If that is the custom and practice, either there have been no changes in the law that affect me for the past 50 years, or our post delivery has a fault.
I certainly never received a letter about the change of retirement (state pension) age or the minimum age at which I can draw my personal pension.

bjorn_toby_wilde

“In this election year, 1950s-born women and their families will be watching carefully to see how each of the parties responds to this report. We will not support those who – when push comes to shove – refuse to support us. Talk is cheap.” - Angela Madden, chair of WASPI.

Many of us who don’t share Ms Madden’s views will also be interested to see where our elected representatives’ priorities sit.

The view of my 1950’s born OH is summed up by her comment on WASPI - “where were they when this was all over the TV and newspapers? Living in a cave?”