{"id":246,"date":"2016-09-29T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/?p=246"},"modified":"2016-10-12T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T14:16:16","slug":"lobbying-parliament-waspi-women-against-state-pension-inequalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/2016\/09\/29\/lobbying-parliament-waspi-women-against-state-pension-inequalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobbying Parliament &#8211; WASPI (Women against state pension inequalities)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-298\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/group-outside-venue-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-298 size-medium\" src=\"\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/group-outside-venue-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"group outside venue\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/group-outside-venue-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/group-outside-venue-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/group-outside-venue-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASPI ladies outside Durham County Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/waspi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-247\" src=\"\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/waspi-300x74.jpg\" alt=\"waspi\" width=\"564\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/waspi-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/waspi-768x190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/tynemouth\/files\/2016\/09\/waspi.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waspi.co.uk\">www.waspi.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fig<span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">hts the injustice done to women<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">\u00a0born in the 1950s (on or after 6 April 1951) regarding the changes to their state pension age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 1995 Conservative\u00a0Government\u2019s Pension Act included plans to increase women\u2019s SPA (State Pension Age) to 65, the same as men\u2019s. WASPI agrees with equalisation, but does not agree with the unfair way the changes were implemented \u2013 with little\/no personal notice (1995\/2011 Pension Acts), faster than promised (2011 Pension Act), and no time to make alternative plans. Retirement plans have been shattered with devastating consequences. They\u00a0started the campaign with just five ordinary\u00a0women who in 2015 got together and decided to fight this injustice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE AIM OF THE CAMPAIGN IS:\u00a0TO ACHIEVE FAIR TRANSITIONAL STATE PENSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR WOMEN BORN IN THE 1950S\u00a0(BORN ON OR AFTER 6TH\u00a0APRIL 1951)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This translates into a &#8216;bridging&#8217; pension to cover the gap from age 60 until State Pension Age &#8211;\u00a0not\u00a0means-tested and with compensation for losses for those women who\u00a0have already reached their SPA. \u00a0There\u00a0are no specific age groups within the period mentioned above that are favoured above others.<br \/>\nWe do not ask for the pension age to revert back to age 60<\/li>\n<li>We urge all women to check out this amazing organisation, set up by women, for women and spread the word.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.waspi.co.uk Fights the injustice done to women\u00a0born in the 1950s (on or after 6 April&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":625,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lobbying Parliament - WASPI (Women against state pension inequalities) | News | Blog | Events | SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and District : Blog &amp; News : Lobbying Parliament - WASPI (Women against state pension inequalities) : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay and District . 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