Falkirk councillors have unanimously backed a call for “fair and fast compensation” for women whose pension age was changed with little warning.
SNP councillor Lorna Binnie won the support of colleagues in all political parties as she highlighted the devastating financial problems caused by a lack of communication when the age at which women can get their state pension was changed.
Her motion to Falkirk Council today (Wednesday) made clear that it was not the actual change in women’s retirement age – rising from 60 to 66 to be the same as men – that was the problem.
