State pension age rises for those born after 1952

The move represents the first state pension increase for men since the current system was introduced in 1948. For some women, however, this is simply another state pension age rise. The Pensions Act 1995 meant the state pension age for women would increase from 60 to 65 between April 2010 and 2020, bringing it into line with their male counterparts' state retirement age.  Some affected women born in the 1950s have argued they have been hit particularly hard by the change. Under plans set out by the coalition government in 2011, the state pension age for both sexes will gradually in...