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29th Oct 2015Jackie Waters commented on:
An extra £25 on your State Pension? Okay then!Additional payments up front is a big decision and what a government guarantees today is not always what you get tomorrow. A clear example of this is if you are a women born in the 50s you probably already know have been worked over all ways pensionwise! If like me you are a 1954 born woman then you got the worst of a very short straw draw. "Sisters" born 1 year 4 months earlier than us get their pension 4 years earlier than us. Double whammy , when we finally do get our pension they reduce it if we have any contracted out years despite having in total more than the 35 years qualifying N.I. contributions...they conveniently count the contracted out ones first and stop counting when they get to 35 - ( keeps payouts down , helps the coffers, sod you, you know the drill by now...if they can do you out of money they will....) Well, if you don't want to take this without a fight there is a growing movement of women lobbying their M.P.s on these issues.. To find out more check out the W.A.S.P.I Facebook page You may be interested in signing this petition https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/110776