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Catherine Furze

Newcastle WASPI women join fight for pension compensation

A campaigning group of women fighting for state pension compensation have drawn up 10 demands in their battle with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

The WASPI women - Women Against State Pension Inequality - say they were not properly informed by the Government that their state pension age would increase from 60 to 65 to equalise with men, and they were left with insufficient time to prepare for years without the pension they were expecting.

Nearly four million women are estimated to have missed out on State Pension payments due to a change in retirement age. Between April 2010 and November 2018, it rose from 60 to 65 for women, and in October 2020 it increased to 66 for both men and women.

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