Your comments: Readers share their experiences of pension inequality

Following on from Grampian Online's report of continued support for WASPI from Gordon MP Richard Thomson, readers have once again been in touch from across the UK to tell their own stories of pension inequality.

Valerie Johnson - Epsom: The change was to equalise 1950s women with men in line with modern thinking and legislation. However, all of our working lives we almost ever, if ever, had equal workers' rights, equal pay and pension offerings. A possible easy phased process to equalise 1950s womens' pensions would have been much fairer. I don't have the statistics to know when equal employment benefits actually came into being. I'd imagine it's conception, never mind implementation, has been very recent and therefore not relevant to current employment equality thinking and regulations.

Norma Elkington - Thornton Cleveleys: This government is waiting for as many women as possible to die before they consider compensation! As one of three sisters all affected by this travesty, I am hoping to get my pension this Christmas after six long years of illness and terrible indecision by our government. Do I think we will get fair compensation, no I do not, I think the most they will offer will be around £500 per person, when most of us have lost approximately £48,000 plus precious time with our loved ones to enjoy the years we were promised for a healthy retirement. The only good thing to come from it all is that any government now has to give at least 10 years written notice, most of us women received none!

Lynda Kelly -Boothstown Manchester: This compensation is now so long overdue and yes lots of women are dying waiting ! Does this Government have a heart at all or are they just all talk ?.

Linda Ellis -Wells Next The Sea: My best friend died 62 years old after working working for the NHS for 40 years she paid for her own private palliative care at home from her small NHS pension and savings. She never complained. The state pension would have helped to pay for her care and help that was needed she had paid a full NI stamp all of her working life, nothing in return, shame on the government. I also worked for the NHS for 36 years I now have arthritis in my hip back and neck I have cared for my parents and look after my grandchildren if the teachers strike I have my grandson because his parents need to work. What will happen if I need help in the future with mobility aids? How much more is expected of our age group ladies. I know you all have similar stories to mine where is the justice? Equal rights, we are between a rock and a hard place with no voice don’t make us beg we have paid our NI contributions all our working lives and are still working to survive.

Dominic Loy - Newtownabbey: Time for WASPI women to step up their campaign. They are being ignored and humiliated by an uncaring and heartless government simply because they are old and frail. 'Let them die off' is the government tactic. RISE UP ladies! And shame on parliamentarians who do nothing to right this evil wrong.

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