WASPI woman Pauline Bell, of Egremont in Cumbria (Image: Pauline Bell) SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A woman who had taken early retirement says she has been left thousands of pounds out of pocket after the state pension age was raised by three years. Pauline Bell, 69, says she was advised in 2008, then aged 55, that she could claim her state pension at the age of 63 and a half. The teacher planned to take early retirement following a family tragedy and use income from a small occupational pension until the age of 63 when the DWP told her the state pension would kick in. Related articles You may need to save 12.5% of salary to ‘maintain lifestyle’ in retire Britons may be eligible for £92 a week via Attendance Allowance Pauline, who left school aged 18, told Lancs Live : "Eight years later, I would receive my pension. That was the information the financial advisor was given by the DWP, and that… Read full this story
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