Pension age change leaves older women poorer, says IFS

While poverty rates among that group have risen sharply, the report said, the resulting savings, in combination with extra tax from working women, meant the state was £5.1bn a year better off. The BBC quoted the government as saying its pensions policy was "fair and sustainable" and matched continuing rises in life expectancy, and the campaign group Waspi (Women Against State Pension Age Inequality) describing the research as shocking. "Once again, this shows the government has implemented state pension age reforms without adequately considering the full impact of these changes on the...