Sue Jones was expecting to retire at 60 after cancer diagnosis forced her to stop working early.
A mum-of-two who battled breast cancer has told of losing £50,000 due to the rise in the retirement age for state pensions.
Her cancer diagnosis a few years earlier forced her to stop working early so she had to move in with her partner. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in!A first stage report, published two years ago, found failings in the DWP’s communication of state pension age changes.
Her ill health meant she couldn’t go on working, but she still had years to go before she was able to claim the state pension.Sue told the Manchester Evening News: “After finding out the state pension age had gone up I always planned to work longer because I did enjoy work but by the time I got to 62 the cancer drugs meant I just couldn’t do it.
“We didn’t get proper maternity pay, we got a grant from the government. I dread to think what I paid in childcare. You were just constantly fighting to get where you wanted to be.
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