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Helen Walmsley-J @TheVintageYear
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The first time I wrote about the problem of state pension inequality for 1950s women was back in 2016. I mentioned the 'cold hard knot of anger' - that's not gone away. #waspi #StatePension newstatesman.com/politics/femin…
Then I had another go a couple of weeks later. newstatesman.com/politics/femin… #waspi #statepension
And I wrote another piece in March. I wish I could feel as though any of it made a difference. newstatesman.com/politics/econo… #waspi #StatePension
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