{"id":1070,"date":"2016-01-09T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T07:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/womens-state-pension-age-rise-an-unfair-burden-or-a-necessary-reform\/"},"modified":"2016-01-09T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T07:10:03","slug":"womens-state-pension-age-rise-an-unfair-burden-or-a-necessary-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/womens-state-pension-age-rise-an-unfair-burden-or-a-necessary-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s state pension age rise: an unfair burden or a necessary reform?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAnger is growing at the current rules over the age women can claim their state pensions \u2013 MPs Mhairi Black and Shailesh Vara argue for and against changeIf there are any female Guardian Money readers born on 5 March 1953, then congratulations (or commiserations): you officially reached state pension age on Wednesday 6 January, and can start claiming your basic state pension of up to \u00a3115.95 a week.But if you are a woman born exactly one year later, on 5 March 1954, then you won\u2019t hit state pension age until July 2019 \u2013 ie, not for another three-and-a-half years. By that time the woman born in 1953 will arguably be in a much stronger financial position because she will have received well in excess of \u00a320,000 of basic state pension (assuming she is entitled to the full amount), purely because she happened to arrive in the world 12 months before you did. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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