Ex Pensions Minister Ros Altmann speak in support of WASPI
The WASPI campaign highlights Ros’ support for over 60s women.
Covid-19 forces rising numbers of over-50s women to retire early
Ros is quoted by Interactive Investor explaining that many older women are being forced into retirement by Covid 19 fallout. ( link to pdf )
Govt launches consultation into low pension tax jigsaw
Money Marketing highlights Ros welcoming the Government’s consultation on the treatment of low earners in Net Pay pension schemes and the urgency of addressing the problem that affects more than a million women. ( link to pdf )
Women’s pensions lost in the post: Thousands missing out on retirement cash after vital letters were sent to their HUSBANDS instead
ThisIsMoney highlights problems for older women, who were not given a fair chance to claim on their husband’s pension as they were not properly notified that they needed to do so. DWP wrote to the husband but not the wife, at the time she needed to claim. ( link to pdf )
Mind the Gender Gap – Women and Money
Ros appears briefly in a film by Ipsos exploring the issues behind the gender pensions gap – women have much less pension than men both state and private pensions – it often seems pension rules are made by men, for men, with women as an afterthought!
State pension: Tens of thousands of married women are being ‘short-changed’ to the tune of £100m, former pensions minister warns
inews highlights the problem of married women who have not received the state pension they are entitled to and Ros calls for an urgent inquiry to ensure married women are not short-changed. ( link to pdf )
Six MORE elderly women were underpaid a total of £22k in state pension! DWP refuses to reveal what it’s doing to fix huge blunder which could affect many elderly savers
ThisIsMoney has highlighted the problem faced by many women who were underpaid their State Pension for years but are not always receiving compensation. Ros is quoted explaining that these women are often the poorest pensioners and need every penny. ( link to pdf )
Labour’s WASPI pledge: how much compensation will be received and how will it be funded?
Citywire/New Model Adviser highlights the work that the Net Pay Action Group has been doing to help the Government solve the Net Pay scandal affecting low earners who are paying over the odds for their pension. ( link to pdf )
Fighting the pensions gap
An excellent analysis of the gender gap in pensions, with comments from Ros and many others in Money Marketing magazine. ( link to pdf )
Pensions to be the polling station winner
FT Financial Adviser magazine reported Ros’ comments about the political manifestos and praised the Conservatives for proposing to address Net Pay but expressed deep disappointment that they have not proposed anything for WASPI women. ( link to pdf )