'Women should not expect government help over pension changes'

Stephen Crabb says it is not possible to unwind changes to the state pension age that mean women stand to lose out

Women who stand to lose thousands of pounds because of increases to the state pension age should not expect the government to intervene, the work and pensions secretary, Stephen Crabb, has told MPs.

Campaigners say women born in the 1950s will be left out of pocket by a government decision made five years ago to speed up the phasing in of an increase from 60 to 66 in the age at which women can retire.

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