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| ROBERTSON WELCOMES PENSIONS AGE RISE DELAY |
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| Wednesday, 26 October 2011 14:48 |
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SNP Westminster Member of Parliament for Moray Angus Robertson has welcomed confirmation that plans to raise the state pension age to 66 in 2020 will be delayed to address concerns that thousands of women will be unfairly disadvantaged.
The issue has been regularly raised with the MP by Moray constituents who would have been badly affected by the plans. SNP MPs have been backing those campaigners concerns that the change failed to take account of the long-term financial plans of many women who would not have expected the change when they began their pension plans many years ago. Angus Robertson MP said the decision was a victory for women who had campaigned against the London Government’s plans and for common sense. Local MP Mr Robertson said: “ This is a welcome retreat by the UK Government and a victory for the thousands of women who campaigned against these unfair changes. “These changes would have wrecked the retirements of thousands of women, already in their late 50s, and denied them the time to make alternative pension arrangements. “ Pensions are by there nature very long-term plans therefore changes that have impact on particular groups must take appropriate account of that and not unduly penalise those groups. “ We must now see the full detail of the UK Government’s transitional proposals to be certain that they go far enough and will help all the women affected.” |
