For those of us seeking enlightenment on the vexed subject of women’s state pensions, last week was a busy time. There was, if you were able to listen, a pensions phone-in on BBC Woman’s Hour, which included helpful contributions from Paul Lewis of Radio 4’s Money Box. Later in the day came a Work and Pensions Select Committee hearing (chaired by Frank Field MP) with contributions from Baroness Altmann CBE, Minister of State for Pensions.
There is no doubting Altmann’s expertise and knowledge on the subject but having listened to the whole lot (twice) the main things I came away with were that a) it’s complicated; b) the DWP is working “incredibly hard”; c) pension statements are going digital; and d) if you have the double misfortune of being born both a woman and in the 1950s, sorry love, but you’re on your own.
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