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Originally Posted by jfman
I never brought kids into it. I’m not a WASPI woman, so I’m not going to speak on the financial planning they had or with their partners. However if I’d worked for 40 years and made plans to retire in my late 50s or early 60s I’d be more than slightly miffed if the Government at two or three years notice I wasn’t going to get a five figure sum I’d factored into my calculations.
At that point, having made adequate plans, I’d not qualify for any benefits. While those who don’t work continue to have their lifestyles bankrolled by the state up to the new retirement age. A figure that’s an entirely notional point for them in any case.
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The state pension age was already set to be 65. All that was changed was the changeover to 66/67 was brought forward a bit. If you wouldn't qualify for benefits at 65, you now have those extra couple of years to fill in any NI gaps.
I don't quite see how the cost of this sexist freebie costs almost twice as much as if the changes had never been made, £58bn vs £30bn.