Petition Graduated Pensions Equality for Working Women 1961-1978 who are now pensioners

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During 1961-1978 the Graduated Pension Scheme was in force, everyone whose salary was £9+pw paid into this scheme.

However working women were discriminated against then and now as pensioners.

Men paid £7.50 for one unit of Graduated Pension.

Women paid £9.00 for the exact same one unit.

Graduated Retirement Benefit/Pensions to be recalculated using the same formula of £7.50 for one unit for women and backdated to when they first started receiving their pensions.

To be carried out before the next financial year, or by March 2015.

This petition closed early because of a General Election

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Date closed 30 March 2015
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