THANK you to the Star for continuing to cover the massive injustice around the changes in the state pension age.


The inequality with the state pension that women born in the 1950s are objecting to, is the lack of notice we have been given to prepare for the changes.


I was sent a letter in early 2012,when I was aged 59, to tell me that my state pension would not be paid at age 63 and 8 months as expected, but at age 65.


I only knew it was not at age 60 because I had requested a pension forecast.

I have only received the one official letter notifying me of the changes.


I have worked from age 17 for 40 years. Throughout that time, there was no indication or suggestion that my pension would not be paid at age 60.

I had planned carefully for my retirement, which included my state pension. I now find I am having to manage on my works pension.

The state pension I will not now receive is approx £3,600. How can this be right?


The pension credit is a means tested benefit and so anyone already on benefits, living with a partner or with some savings, will not be eligible to claim.

Therefore, this is merely a paper exercise and publicity stunt and I would suggest that the numbers to benefit are negligible.


We need the government to recognise that we have been treated unfairly and to rectify the mistake that has been made.


Barbara Grundy