This Council calls upon the Government to make
fair transitional state pension arrangements for all women born on
or after 6th April 1951, who have unfairly borne the burden of the
increase to the State Pension Age (SPA) with lack of appropriate
notification.
Hundreds of thousands of women had significant pension changes
imposed on them by the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011 with
little/no personal notification of the
changes. Some women had only two years notice of a six-year
increase to their state pension age.
Many women born in the 1950s are living in hardship. Retirement
plans have been shattered with devastating consequences. Many of
these women are already out of the labour market, caring for
elderly relatives, providing childcare for grandchildren, or suffer
discrimination in the workplace so struggle to find employment.
Women born in this decade are suffering financially. These women
have worked hard, raised families and paid their tax and national
insurance with the expectation that they would be financially
secure when reaching 60. It is not the pension
age itself that is in dispute – it is widely accepted
that women and men should retire at the same time. The issue is
that the rise in the women’s state pension age has been too
rapid and has happened without sufficient notice being given to the women affected, leaving women
with no time to make alternative arrangements.
The Council calls upon the Government to reconsider transitional
arrangements for women born on or after 6 April 1951, so that women
do not live in hardship due to pension changes they were not told about until it was too late to make
alternative arrangements.
Minutes:
The following Motion was moved and seconded:
"This Council calls upon the Government to make fair transitional state pension arrangements for all women born on or after 6th April 1951, who have unfairly borne the burden of the increase to the State Pension Age (SPA) with lack of appropriate notification.
Hundreds of thousands of women had significant pension changes
imposed on them by the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011 with
little/no personal notification of the changes. Some women had only
two years notice of a six-year increase to their state pension
age.
Many women born in the 1950s are living in hardship. Retirement
plans have been shattered with devastating consequences. Many of
these women are already out of the labour market, caring for
elderly relatives, providing childcare for grandchildren, or suffer
discrimination in the workplace so struggle to find employment.
Women born in this decade are suffering financially. These women
have worked hard, raised families and paid their tax and national
insurance with the expectation that they would be financially
secure when reaching 60. It is not the pension age itself that is
in dispute – it is widely accepted that women and men should
retire at the same time. The issue is that the rise in the
women’s state pension age has been too rapid and has happened
without sufficient notice being given to the women affected,
leaving women with no time to make alternative
arrangements.
The Council calls upon the Government to reconsider transitional
arrangements for women born on or after 6 April 1951, so that women
do not live in hardship due to pension changes they were not told
about until it was too late to make alternative
arrangements."
RESOLVED: A. That this Council calls upon the Government to make fair transitional state pension arrangements for all women born on or after 6th April 1951, who have unfairly borne the burden of the increase to the State Pension Age (SPA) with lack of appropriate notification.Hundreds of thousands of women had significant pension changes imposed on them by the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011 with little/no personal notification of the changes. Some women had only two years notice of a six-year increase to their state pension age. Many women born in the 1950s are living in hardship. Retirement plans have been shattered with devastating consequences. Many of these women are already out of the labour market, caring for elderly relatives, providing childcare for grandchildren, or suffer discrimination in the workplace so struggle to find employment. Women born in this decade are suffering financially. These women have worked hard, raised families and paid their tax and national insurance with the expectation that they would be financially secure when reaching 60. It is not the pension age itself that is in dispute – it is widely accepted that women and men should retire at the same time. The issue is that the rise in the women’s state pension age has been too rapid and has happened without sufficient notice being given to the women affected, leaving women with no time to make alternative arrangements.
B. That the Council calls upon the Government to reconsider transitional arrangements for women born on or after 6 April 1951, so that women do not live in hardship due to pension changes they were not told about until it was too late to make alternative arrangements.