The WASPI Director says the Government has implemented State Pension Age reforms without adequately considering the full impact of these changes on the women affected, adding it has sharply pushed up income poverty among 60 to 62-year-old women.
Solent WASPI women took part in a day of action, raising awareness of their situation and calling on candidates in the General Election across the region to support their cause.
Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) invite candidates in General Election to sign pledge arguing case for fair transitional arrangements for women hit by state pension age rises.
Budget Day and International Women’s Day saw a mass demonstration by nearly 5,000 WASPI supporters in Westminster including women from the Isle of Wight and Solent region.
Women born in the 1950s from across south Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will be travelling to a mass demonstration in London on Wednesday next week to protest.