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“68 is too late” demo

The Scottish Pensioners’ Forum, the campaigning organisation for older people in Scotland, in conjunction with their colleagues at Unite the Union Retired Members and the NPC, will be holding a demonstration on Tuesday 2nd May at Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh, when they will be hand delivering a petition to the UK Government demanding that there be an end to any further raising of the state pension age in the UK.

A petition in excess of 33,000 signatures is available on request.

Rose Jackson, SPF Chair:

“The UK state pension is already on its knees, being one of the lowest in the developed world, and yet the UK Government are determined to rob us blind – forcing us to work until we drop.

“Workers should not be made to pay for decades of politicians’ bad choices. Older people deserve dignity, respect and financial security, now and for generations to come.

“The profits of the UK’s largest companies are now 89% higher than before the Pandemic, but workers aren’t seeing any of this. Workplace pensions have been raided, life expectancy is no longer rising, the NHS has been cut to the bone and wages are failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living – and yet politicians in power continue to chip away at what is rightfully ours – we can’t just sit back and take this!

“The state pension should not be raided – workers create the wealth of our society and deserve a fairer future.”

May 2022