Ros disagrees with the Intergenerational Foundation conclusions that uprating the State Pension this year by earnings is ‘unfair’. Many pensioners have no other income and using adjusted earnings would help those facing poverty.
Ros is quoted saying that many women pensioners rely on the UK state pension, which is the lowest in the developed world and the earnings uprating is really important for them. ( link to pdf )
Daily Telegraph reports about a woman whose state pension was reduced as a result of being widowed, even though her own state penson contributions had secured a higher sum.
Ros wrote an article for inews about the Government’s decision to withdraw Post Office card accounts, which could leave vulnerable pensioners without their pension and urges it to ensure it has learned lessons from its failure to properly communicated about women’s State Pensions. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted in the Guardian with tips for women to help close the gender pensions gap. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted in Pension Age following her Oral Question in the House of Lords and calling for urgent action to remedy the gender pensions gap. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted by ThisIsMoney calling on the Government to explain why women were wrongly paid too little state pensions for many years and urging quick action to ensure they receive the money they are owed before they die. ( link to pdf )
Ros is quoted in MailonLine article about a leaked early draft of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s findings of maladministration in relation to Government handling of State Pension Age rises since 1997. ( link to pdf )
The BBC highlighted the problem of married women who were supposed receive higher pensions on their husband’s record but were never paid the money. The Government is trying to find out what happened and go through past records to find who is owed the money. ( link to pdf )
The Sun newspaper highlights the problem of over 80s pensioners, the majority of whom are women, missing out on the minimum £82.45 a week state pension they are entitled to, regardless of their National Insurance contribution. ( link to pdf )