No 'transitional arrangement' for women's pension age change

The Bill, which is being considered by a Parliamentary committee today, proposes raising the pension age for women from 60 to 65 by 2018 as a prelude to both female and male pension ages rising to 66 in 2020. Critics say up to 500,000 women face working up to two years longer for their pensions as a result of the proposals. Succour for women hit hardest by the change was widely anticipated during the committee stage of the bill. Although the government last month said it would press ahead with plans to raise the state pension age for women, ministers promised to look at "transition...