A woman who was forced to find work again at the age of 60 after a change in the state pension age says it cost her £40,000 and has compared the government’s U-turn to fraud.
Laurianne Peake, 67, had spent her entire teaching career expecting to retire at the age of 60 – although she was forced to give up her job at 55 due to ill health.
But after two years on Employment and Support Allowance, she was then asked to begin a soul-destroying, two-year job hunt.
