The government has so far resisted offering amendments to the Pensions Bill which would ease the lot of half a million women who will have to wait up to an extra two years for their state pension under current plans.
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...
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