{"id":98820,"date":"2018-09-29T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/raising-the-state-pension-age-has-meant-hardship-for-many-women\/"},"modified":"2018-09-29T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T06:03:54","slug":"raising-the-state-pension-age-has-meant-hardship-for-many-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/raising-the-state-pension-age-has-meant-hardship-for-many-women\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Raising the state pension age has meant hardship for many women\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAlison Peters, 63, on how she is making ends meet until she can claim her pension at 66I live alone and, at 63, had expected to be drawing a state pension by now. As it is, I have to wait another three years, and am getting by on the minimum wage earned from my part-time job as a charity administration assistant. Last year that amounted to \u00a32,500.Raising the state pension age has meant real hardship for many women my age, particularly for those on their own. It is difficult to reconcile this with the frequent media reports that the over-60s are using up money and resources that younger people feel they are more entitled to. Women of my age didn\u2019t get paid maternity leave and often gave up work to be full-time parents and\/or carers of the elderly. Many of us have not been able to save for a private pension, and workplace pensions were not routinely offered as they are now. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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