Yesterday, Luke joined the WASPI campaign in Parliament, to stand in solidarity with them and to re-pledge his support for proper pension justice. There are over 8,000 women in Plymouth who were born in the 1950s and have not received the pension they were promised, after Ministers made changes to their pension without communication.
Ministers are refusing to even take reasonable steps like giving women born in the 1950s the free bus passes they were promised. One Minister even said these women should become an apprentice to make ends meet.
Luke Pollard signed the WASPI pledge before he was elected, and promised to stand up for these women as an MP. Since being elected he has spoken in WASPI debates, asked questions and backed the campaigns of women born in the 1950s to get pension justice. He has held a public meeting attended by hundreds of women at Lipson school and he’s continued to argue the case for a proper solution to this problem.
