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@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 1. Well spotted. If DWP are going to rely on "no duty to advise" I think they'll come unstuck ... let me explain why ...

@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 2. It hinges on the word "notification" ... lets look at what the dictionary has to say about that ...

@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 3. Now that's interesting isn't it ... so it's safe to assume that women had to be notified somehow ... otherwise how could they know about the change from 60 to 66?

@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 4. What form would the "notification" have taken? Lets have a look ...

publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cm…

@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 5. It's fair to say that the notification of the increase was patchy to say the least ...

@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 6. It's clear then that there was parliamentary intent to notify women of the increase, but because it was done in a haphazard way, government cannot assume that women were properly notified.

@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 7. So if it was the purposive intent of parliament to notify and that was not done adequately or at all, then that is clear maladministration by the government ...

Para 5.4 of this DWP publication concerning financial redress, is the important bit ...

@Bluesky19720890 @christech95 @Metcalfe_SBET @our_pension_now 8. I would urge all affected to write a letter of complaint to the DWP and claim financial redress for maladministration. Get your foot in the door as it were ...
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