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My piece opposing #WASPI campaign's compensation claim. Imho it is wrong to transfer money indiscriminately from young ppl to the richest generation in history. Instead, we shd improve working-age benefits and increase funding of health and social care. coppolacomment.com/2023/02/waspi-…
I think #WASPI campaign's legal action is likely to fail. But even if it succeeds, the PHSO can't make an award large enough to compensate women for the loss of pensions from 60. And the Govt doesn't have to pay what the PHSO recommends anyway. coppolacomment.com/2023/02/waspi-…
The #WASPI campaign is telling women that if they contribute a few ££ now, they will receive £thousands in compensation. But they won't. No way are they ever going to get that sort of payout. coppolacomment.com/2023/02/waspi-…
My experience of "responding with comments" to #PHSO regarding the derisory provisional offer of £1000 for #maladministration is that comments are ignored
"On 8 Dec 2022 we updated our website as we completed & closed stage 2 of our investigation"
#50sWomen #DirectDiscrimination
"On 8 Dec 2022 we updated our website as we completed & closed stage 2 of our investigation"
#50sWomen #DirectDiscrimination
"Am I, as a #50sWomen affected by this travesty of #injustice, permitted to complain about the stage 1 & 2 findings or not?
I feel as though my concerns are being ignored"
"We are not accepting any new complaints about these issues at present"
#BackTo60 #Waspi
#FullRestitution
I feel as though my concerns are being ignored"
"We are not accepting any new complaints about these issues at present"
#BackTo60 #Waspi
#FullRestitution
"Thank you for this reply, however, you still ignore my complaints about the findings of stage 1 and 2.
I repeat, is it possible for me to complain about stage 1 and 2 findings which I firmly believe are flawed?"
I wait with bated breath
#50sWomen #DirectDiscrimination
I repeat, is it possible for me to complain about stage 1 and 2 findings which I firmly believe are flawed?"
I wait with bated breath
#50sWomen #DirectDiscrimination
It would simplify state pension administration if the the UK govt continued to pay UK state pensions to Scottish pensioners. But since Scotgov would be receving the NICs from which UK state pensions are paid, it would have to compensate the UK govt.
In other words, a negotiated settlement in which UK govt would administer the pensions but Scotgov would pay for them. This is actually what the UK govt proposed in 2014 and what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury clearly meant in his comment.
In giving the impression that the UK govt would bear the full cost of the pensions with no contribution from Scotgov, Blackford is being profoundly dishonest.
@jannycat @frances_email @INorBY2020 @jeanramsay5 @grumpy @joannaccherry @CkbacookAnn Hopefully @GwynneMP @peter_aldous will not be side-tracked - we've been directly disrespected since #waspi #BackTo60 have been fighting for fair treatment #GenderPayGap #GenderPensionWealthGap #GenderStatePensionGap am sick of the lie that #50sWomen were 'helped' in 2011 when
@jannycat @frances_email @INorBY2020 @jeanramsay5 @grumpy @joannaccherry @CkbacookAnn @GwynneMP @peter_aldous a handful of women got peanuts while others got extra time added with none of them or those already with 6 extra years got any help - this 'helped' pay for some men to get their 1 year reversed, how insulting & demeaning is that, what an appalling thing to do to a generation of
@jannycat @frances_email @INorBY2020 @jeanramsay5 @grumpy @joannaccherry @CkbacookAnn @GwynneMP @peter_aldous women who did nothing wrong all our lives, paying into the compulsory govt pension scheme since age 16 expecting to be paid out at 60 - when #Cridland recommended 10 years' notice for every 1 year increased pension age, we should have had 15 years' warning of the 2011 increase
Women like us, #50sWomen #Backto60 #CEDAWPeoplesTribunal #CEDAWinLaw #WePaidInYouPayOut #Waspi
Read on...
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Read on...
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1/ WOMEN LIKE ME were born in a different era
Women like me were fed a set of rules on how women should behave and what they should expect to achieve in life
Women like me faced prejudice in education and opportunity
Women like me were restricted in our choice of jobs
Women like me were fed a set of rules on how women should behave and what they should expect to achieve in life
Women like me faced prejudice in education and opportunity
Women like me were restricted in our choice of jobs
2/ Women like me could not take a loan or a mortgage without husband to guarantor, in some cases not even open a bank account.
Week 1/52: When a single mum on a zero hours contract applies for Universal Credit two weeks before Christmas and spends three out of the five week wait for payment with lights out, heating off and blankets on to keep her and her six year old son warm #StoriesBehindTheStatistics
Week 2/52: When a lady fleeing a decade of domestic violence and relocated in a new location by Women's Aid applies for Universal Credit and is told at her first meeting she will not be able to claim because she left behind all evidence of her identity #StoriesBehindTheStatistics
Week 3/52: When a young woman refuses the offer of sanitary items at a foodbank saying she has not had a period for several months having been informed by her GP earlier that day that she is undernourished due to a persistent lack of calories #StoriesBehindTheStatistics
If Jeremy #Corbyn becomes PM on Friday 13th, here's my rundown of 13 of #Labour’s worst policies which will hurt many, not just the few.
PS. I could have chosen a completely different 13, and these are in no particular order… (thread)
#GeneralElection19
PS. I could have chosen a completely different 13, and these are in no particular order… (thread)
#GeneralElection19
1. Expropriating up to 10% of the value of corporate equity. Employee share ownership is usually a good thing, but dictating the terms would deter job creation and investment, and encourage firms to relocate overseas. More explanation here... capx.co/the-10-share-p…
2. Rent controls. Almost all economists agree that these are a bad idea and, like many of Labour’s policies, would actually end up hurting the very people they are supposed to help. And before replying ‘well, it works in Germany', read this… iea.org.uk/blog/qtwtain-h…
@bbcquestiontime @IBlackfordSNP Thank you so much for speaking up for #50swomen #waspi. £271-400billion was taken out of the NI FUND as treasury stopped paying in their share around time of bank crash. More than enough to provide decent pensions #NHS & benefit funding.
Govts chose NOT to do this @davidhencke
Govts chose NOT to do this @davidhencke
@bbcquestiontime @IBlackfordSNP @davidhencke Read @davidhencke explain it here #50swomen #austerity
davidhencke.com/2018/07/19/rev…
davidhencke.com/2018/07/19/rev…
A thread. (1/10)
#LabourPensions (pp75/6 of the #LabourManifesto )
Under the Tories, 400,000 pensioners have been pushed into poverty and a generation of women born in the 1950s have had their pension age changed without fair notification.
#WASPI #50sWomen
#LabourPensions (pp75/6 of the #LabourManifesto )
Under the Tories, 400,000 pensioners have been pushed into poverty and a generation of women born in the 1950s have had their pension age changed without fair notification.
#WASPI #50sWomen
This betrayal left millions of women with no time to make alternative plans – with many devastating personal consequences. Labour recognises this injustice, and will work with these women to design systems of recompense for the losses and insecurity they have suffered.
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#Labour in Government will ensure that such an injustice can never happen again by legislating to prevent accrued rights to the state pension from being changed. (3/10)
The first time I wrote about the problem of state pension inequality for 1950s women was back in 2016. I mentioned the 'cold hard knot of anger' - that's not gone away. #waspi #StatePension newstatesman.com/politics/femin…
Then I had another go a couple of weeks later. newstatesman.com/politics/femin… #waspi #statepension
And I wrote another piece in March. I wish I could feel as though any of it made a difference. newstatesman.com/politics/econo… #waspi #StatePension
News from Planet #WASPI
According to a usually well informed source, as of last week, #WASPI have 4 new Directors - Cheryl Sloane, Lila Bennett, Norah Hickey and Rosemary Dickson. It is presently unclear what their responsibilities are.
According to a usually well informed source, as of last week, #WASPI have 4 new Directors - Cheryl Sloane, Lila Bennett, Norah Hickey and Rosemary Dickson. It is presently unclear what their responsibilities are.
There's also said to be 'elevated positions' for 10 of Anne Keens most trusted lieutenants
Pat Tartellin, who resigned as a Director on April 3 2017, is understood to have made a temporary return.
