MALVERN’S MP Harriett Baldwin has welcomed the government’s announcement that women who would have seen a two year increase to their state pension age will have their wait reduced to 18 months.
The Pensions Bill currently going through Parliament will be amended from the current timetable to cap the increase at a maximum of 18 months.
Mrs Baldwin, a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, said: “It shows that the Government has listened to the concerns of those who would have been worst affected by the increase in the state pension age.”
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