Ombudsman finds that WASPI women are owed compensation...

Trug said:
Well my wife didn't know, she wasn't told and has never seen a letter informing her. There are millions like my wife
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Trug said:
She was told when she left school at age 15 when her retirement age was going to be., as all kids in her year were. (and indeed, I was told the same about my retirement age when I left school at age 15).
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This is the bit I can't get my head around, and I am genuinely interested Trug - when your wife did find out, how did that affect her financially?
And when did she find out?
 
Nano said:
If you haven't retired yet and you have to work longer then you haven't lost anything because you keep working. I fully understand that it changes plans but that happens.
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If you have made retirement plans with your husband, such as buying a place in Spain, based on the income you're expecting to have, then of course you've lost something. The fact you have to go and find work isn't a bonus - especially when a lot of these women were still part of the 'women don't have careers' demographic. You just have to read a few of the personal statements to realise that.

Nano said:
It was all over the news and media, on the TV etc for the next 15 years.
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And the point, quite literally, is that it wasn't. Had it been all over the news then people would have known and could have changed plans. The fact it wasn't widely known is why it became a problem.
 
Scrote said:
And the point, quite literally, is that it wasn't. Had it been all over the news then people would have known and could have changed plans. The fact it wasn't widely known is why it became a problem.
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Exactly this. The DWP knew it was an issue but didn't rectify it. Thats the main part of the criticism that is in the report.
 
thewanderer said:
There was a massive ad campaign, anyway any chance they could take some personal responsibility and check?
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The DWP manage to send individual notifications of pension increases every year. It should be inconceivable that they did not do the same for changes to pension age.
 
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