Millions of women born in the 1950s are having their state pension age hiked to make it 66 by 2020, the same as for men. (Image: REUTERS)A hike to women's state pension age from 60 to 65, over 10 years starting in 2010, was first proposed in the 1995 Pensions Act. Facing an outcry, ministers agreed a £1.1bn concession in the final stages of the Act, supposedly to limit any one person's pension age rise to 18 months. (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) is calling for "fair transitional arrangements" to help women financially, though not a full return to age 60. Both groups have heaped doubt on the DWP's claim that it would cost £181billion to set the women's state pension age back at 60.

Source: Daily Mirror July 17, 2019 10:01 UTC