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Stewart McDonald MP joins State Pension Age Campaigners at Westminster Protest
On Wednesday, June 29th, Stewart McDonald MP joined women from across the country at a demonstration outside the Palace of Westminster in support of women hit by the acceleration of the equalisation of the State Pension Age, a change which began in 1995 and was compounded in 2011.
Campaigners also met their local MPs inside the Palace in order to secure their support for the campaign.
In Glasgow South, according to the independent House of Commons Library, around 3,920 women are directly affected by the 2011 Pensions Act alone. 338 local residents signed the e-petition calling for transitional arrangements, which received almost 200,000 signatures nationwide.
The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign works to lobby the Government to introduce transitional arrangements for those women affected, many of whom were not notified about the changes, and took early retirement, leaving them without any income.
Stewart McDonald said:
“We want to get the best outcome for these women, many of whom have worked hard for decades without taking a penny out of the system. I am therefore proud to join them at their demonstration in Westminster today.
“I hope we will soon have the equitable outcome that the WASPI women deserve."
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