AIBU in thinking the government have made the correct decision not to blanket pay all WASPI women £3k? This goes against the Ombudsman recommendations to pay between £1k-3k to every WASPI women.

No. That’s why the Ombudsman made a judgment of maladministration. There were many women who didn’t know about the second change.

With respect though it was widely publicised in the mid 90s and then regularly since then. Anyone who ever watched the news or read a paper would have been aware

You didn't know about it til a few months before you retired? Were you living on the moon til then?

Yes I am. On her own admission she has spent years on a full time effort to claim 10k off the government. She could have earned that in less than a year working at Sainsbury's part time and then enjoyed the rest of her retirement.

Because, as an adult you should listen to the news, read the newspapers and listen to the Budget in case something affects you.

If you don't then you will miss anouncements like this.

It is called being a responsible adult.

Right so you're rubbishing that ladies experience? She tried to get a job but couldn't.

Ask the millions of women over 55 who are mysteriously employed.

They’re not. Thatcher’s approval rating was 23% at this point of her first administration.

If she’d checked before she took very early retirement, she’d have known it would have had to last 8 years rather than 5. Her responsibility to check.

I do have sympathy for the other increase, but that doesn’t seem to be the one she’s most miffed about.

I am a Waspi woman, born in the late 1950s, I receive no notification about the changes, in fact the first time I heard from DWP was four months before my retirement age. It was the same for my contemporaries.

I said nothing about Winter Fuel Allowance but I feel that this is a miss step by the Government as there is no safety net for the women who were more seriously affected.

And yes, I am still working full time, albeit that I am on AL today.

If you're going to randomly paste an article into a thread it helps to read it

Presumably you had the education, ability and resources to do so. Not everyone has those things.

And how did you check your pension forecast before the online login we have now?

From the article.....“I tried to get another job but who’s going to employ a woman in her late 50s?

This government are so hopeless that I’m not surprised. No wonder their ratings are the worse in modern history. 🙄. Useless, with everything, even after the last lot.

No they weren’t. The first tranche of changes was announced in 1996, the second in 2011. It’s the second change that’s iniquitous because some of the women affected were less than two years away from the date they were previously due to get their pension. I know because I’m one of them. I still think this is the right decision and never expected to see any money.

She could work, as many people do when their finances are a bit short.

*I don't understand how people who didn't know about it were supposed to "be responsible" and find out.

If you don't know that changes have been made to your pension without consulting you and didn't know that could happen, how would you know you had to keep checking it hadn't happened?*

By paying attention? I was born late 50s and have known for years that I wouldn't get my pension at 60. I can't remember if I got a letter telling me this but I was certainly aware of it from tv, newspapers, talking to others etc. I also took personal responsibility for my own financial planning and checked my state pension forecast from time to time - which is incredibly easy to do.

They take into account background during sentencing though.

In the same way that ignorance of the law is no defence to committing a crime.

Have you read that article? She'd planned. Then adapted her plan to make what should last 5 years last 8. Then suddenly she had to make it last 10 years. That's what's not on

I can assure you that's not always the case.

My DM was unable to work due to not having childcare for my severely disabled sibling. My Dad worked 50+ hour weeks and we barely scraped by.

When my sibling was able to go into a residential care home my DM was able to get into work but didn't manage to work enough years to build up a full state pension allowance, so she bought the extra credit (and had to work 6 more years than expected, which, ironically, helped the pension issue).

Now, they're both in their 70s, no winter fuel allowance and still living in a rented property because they weren't ever able to buy their own home on the pittance my dad earned.

My parents are definitely not rich boomers!

Good decision. We can’t afford it.

I don't understand how people who didn't know about it were supposed to "be responsible" and find out.

If you don't know that changes have been made to your pension without consulting you and didn't know that could happen, how would you know you had to keep checking it hadn't happened?

Why here though?

Yeah, so you have been retired nearly 20 years and want back pay from muggins here who probably won't even get a state pension in 20 years time at 69. Especially if we have to pay out for people who retired on a final salary pension at 55.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/mar/21/i-felt-scammed-woman-describes-chaos-of-state-pension-age-changes

And, after 30 years of hard work, she wanted to relax.

I started a part time job at 16, I've already worked for 33 years, should I be able to claim the state pension at 49 then?

What pensioners often don't seem to realise is that they haven't paid into a magic state pot that pays out for them later, their state pensions are being paid for by the current workforce, like other state benefits.