Makes a mockery of mbk post. Not understanding the issues.
Not really.
The information was public knowledge, and people buried their heads in the sand.
But that's what people DO.
The complaint seems to be that the women feel they weren't told "Properly".
They are probably right, there could have been doom laden poster campaigns like for AIDS.
"When you are old and hubby dies, you will be destitute", isn't really a vote-winner.
Employees of some companies with pension schemes, such as my wife's, helped women organise their pensions with new dates.
Lower grade workers in lower grade jobs with lower grade abilities, predictably needed help and pushing they didn't get.
Major's lot (etc) should have known, women were paid much less for the same jobs as men which they couldn't get anyway, so weren't able to save a load more.
There was an earlier issue with pensions and ages, I'll see if I can find it*. It caught my parents.
Of course HMG's attitude is like with the asbestos and bad blood and Post Office scandals - wring hands, lie, procrastinate and make excuses, but mainly, wait till the whining buggers die.
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* I found the earlier thing. Callaghan brought in a scheme which constrained womens' pension rights, but many didn't understand it or missed it.
My parents were OK with money, but something about their relative ages and their contibutions, meant they were trapped so they couldn't act to correct it, when they found out about it. The bloody awful scheme was put right in the Cameron-Clegg era. (Cock-ups appeared later but those were put right, supposedly, and very late.) Father would have been about 56 when they realised - a bit late to start making large contributions. Circumstances changed but my mother would have been out of money anyway. Now she's in her 90's in a home costing a grand a week plus.
Some details here: It's boring; just another example of women being treated badly.
news.sky.com
but I didn't read the link.
