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Daily Mirror
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Zahra Khaliq

WASPI teacher left thousands of pounds out of pocket after pension age raised

A women who was told she would survive on an early retirement says she’s been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after the state pension age was raised.

Pauline Bell was told in 2008, aged 55, that she could start claiming her state pension from the age of 63 and a half.

She had taken an early retirement following a family tragedy and planned to live off a smaller occupational pension until she turned 63 and could start receiving her DWP state pension.

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