A woman who worked from being just 14-year-old was told just months before retirement that she had to work for six more years in a devastating blow.
Kathleen Jolley, from Wigan, had worked in a school setting for more than 40 years and was in full-time employment from the age of 19.
She had started making plans for her retirement at 59, meaning she would be able to give her full attention to her elderly mother who required care.
But after informing her employer of her plans to retire at 60, Kathleen was told the State Pension age had been increased, something she said she was never informed about, reports LancsLive. J oin our WhatsAp p Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link . "I have worked since I was 14 part-time and I've worked full time since I was 19 and at the time the pension age was 60 and it was always bread into you that it was 60," Kathleen said. "I knew I always wanted to retire at 60, I was 59, my mum was 94 and my dad had passed away a few years before and my mum was diagnosed with dementia. "I realised my mum's time was limited so I really wanted to retire at 60.