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13 years 3 days ago #79531 by summertrain
Replied by summertrain on topic Re:retirement age
Milly wrote:
I am in the same boat as you Milly, and I am also the same age as yourself. And, as much as I would like to believe that I would be left alone, as after all, it would be a tall order for someone of my age to get work, even if they weren't sick. But the facts seem to be, that we will not get our pensions till I'm nearly 65 at the present(Should have been 60, and that was a Labour Government that changed that), and will be expected to look for work if found fit for work.
My only hope is that the whole ESA transfer fiasco will come crashing down due to the enormity of the task, as well as the huge backlog of appeals, and that the DWP will leave people in our category alone. Well, you can but hope.
As I am 58 next May surely I am too near retirement age to be going through all this IB-ESA trauma. Am I right in thinking that the transitional period has not yet been approved in parliament yet but the DWP are already acting on it ?
I am in the same boat as you Milly, and I am also the same age as yourself. And, as much as I would like to believe that I would be left alone, as after all, it would be a tall order for someone of my age to get work, even if they weren't sick. But the facts seem to be, that we will not get our pensions till I'm nearly 65 at the present(Should have been 60, and that was a Labour Government that changed that), and will be expected to look for work if found fit for work.
My only hope is that the whole ESA transfer fiasco will come crashing down due to the enormity of the task, as well as the huge backlog of appeals, and that the DWP will leave people in our category alone. Well, you can but hope.
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