Surprise, surprise: a new study shows reforms that pushed up the age at which women can claim their state pension have not saved the taxpayer any money.
Why? Because women who carry on working to earn their own living (and pay tax) fail to carry out the caring responsibilities for ageing relatives that we have relied on them to do for decades. It’s a pattern of family life that has saved the state £130 billion plus every year.
According to the report by King’s College London, for every 30 hours a woman works in her 60s, it costs £5,600 to make up for the care she would otherwise have provided. And so, oh dear, far from being seen as a useful taxpayer who would contribute to any proper plan for the state to pick up the tab for care, she is perceived to cause the woeful diminution of care for the elderly and needy.
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