Monthly Archives: July 2016

WASPI meeting Ramsgate

There has been much in the press recently about the detrimental effect on women born in the 1950’s of a sudden increase in their pension age. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jul/09/women-pension-age-trap-40000-out-of-pocket. On Saturday afternoon Professor Sarah Vickerstaff spoke on the subject at a WASPI  (Women Against State … Continue reading

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Thought-provoking new publication on the future of retirement by Dr David Lain.

We are delighted to announce that David Lain’s book ‘Reconstructing Retirement’ is to be published by Policy Press on 5 July 2016. It explores prospects for employment beyond age 65-plus in the UK and US, in the context of state … Continue reading

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