Women 'unaware' of pension changes: Bill debate today

The findings come as MPs prepare to debate the issue of women's SPAs this afternoon in Parliament during the second reading of the Pensions Bill. The bill proposes raising the SPA to 66 by 2020 for both men and women, meaning some women born in 1954 will face up to an extra two years before they can claim their pensions. One in five women are not even aware of the 1995 legislation which changed their SPA to 65 from 60, according to Age UK, and they have little understanding of today's proposals either. However, Age UK's research also found 68% of women are concerned about the propo...