I have considerable sympathy and support for the WASPI campaign. The issue is not about a desire to return the retirement age to what it was in the past, but about what is a reasonable amount of time that a person should be given to plan for their retirement.

A concern I have is that the accelerated timescale in the Pensions Act 2011 has produced considerable hardship and that the Government needs to consider this. When asked recently about the potential merits of allowing women born in the 1950s to be able to access their state pensions early, the Government responded, saying nobody can claim their State Pension before they reach their SPA and that it has no plans to reverse changes to it.

Everyone should have clear, transparent information about what their pension entitlement is and how they can successfully plan for their future and organise their own lives and finances.