400,000 women 'miss out' on pension
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More than 400,000 women on the verge of retirement will miss out under the Government's pensions reforms while men in the same position will still benefit, Labour has said.Filed under: Pensions
More than 400,000 women on the verge of retirement will miss out under the Government's pensions reforms while men in the same position will still benefit, Labour has said.
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Gotta be sexist , human rights and all that
February 17 2013 at 7:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPensions for women have always been a con / (yet the government gives full pensions to foreign women even those who give false ages, its called racial discrimination for foreigners) / but to the women born here that have a right to a full pension wether theyv'e stayed at home to look after the children the husband pays extra into the system for the wife to get a full pension pay out.even before death of a husband it should still apply and an increase in the widows pension is a neccesity for them to survive in this country,
February 17 2013 at 6:41 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyAre we still importing pensioners from other countries ?
Will this government ever get anything right ?
It seems to me that if a woman stayed at home to rear a family of four children that may have all went on to work and pay taxes she is being left out in the cold .
Remeber those days of old women did not get any help with child care .
I agree that the state pension should be increased but I am certainly against excluding existing pensioners and those retiring prior to the introduction in 2017!! All pensioners have the right to the same pension and the introduction of the inevitable two teir system has to be strongly resisted.
For example a pensioner who is on the basic £107 per week plus a small occoupational pension that exceeds the top up pension credits is going to be a second rate pesioner when compared against the new pension based on todays rate of £144 per week the difference being £144 - £107 = £37 x 52 = £1924 per year. The difference is greater if you are pensioner couple basic is £107 + £70 = £177 compared against the flat rate single pension of £144 x 2 = £288 a difference of £111 x 52 = £5772 per year.
One must also take into account that the annual % increase will obviously be greater for new pensioners. In addition future 2017 pensioners will receive on top of thier flat rate pension any occupational pensions the only stoppages being income tax. wheras existing pentioners are means tested on all their income!!!
Subjecting existing pensioners to such shameful treatment flys in the face of we are all in it together and one could argue that it is against human rights to have a two tier state pension and a case could be mounted and end up in Srasburge. I am sure todays pensioners would gladly surrender thier Fuel Allowance-Bus Passes and Free Televsion Licence estimated value £400 per year if they were in receipt of the new pension. IT CERTAINLY IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE!
I would also encourage the children of pensioners to show parents their support for Pensioners equal rights as they have helped you prior to adulthood. Let us hope that common scense will provail.
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