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Women pension age case goes to High CourtCampaigners will head to the High Court on Wednesday for a judicial review into how the government raised the retirement age for women.Women born in the 1950s claim the rise is unfair because they were not given enough time to make adjustments to cope with years without a state pension.The retirement age for women has increased from 60 to 65, in line with men, and will rise to 66 by 2020.The government said the rise had been "clearly communicated".A spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions said: "The government decided more than 20 years ago that it was going to make the state pension age the same for men and women as a long-overdue move towards gender equality, and this has been clearly communicated."Backto60, the group which brought the judicial review, is seeking repayment of all the pensions people born in the 1950s would have received if they had been able to retire earlier.
New Electoral Law in Greece Leaves Regional Governors, Mayors with Hands TiedThe new law that calls for proportional representation in local government has created serious problems after Sunday’s election results, which saw many of the winners without a majority of council members.Specifically, the governors in seven of the thirteen regions of Greece, as well as 220 mayors across the country, will not have a majority of council members of their own party.
Woman strangles swan to death sparking RSPCA investigationCharity condemns ‘unnecessary, tragic death’ after woman spotted wringing bird's neckThe RSPCA have launched an investigation after a swan was strangled to death by a woman at a park in County Durham.A passer-by called police and the animal welfare charity to say the wild bird was being attacked in Riverside Park, Chester-le-Street. All swans in England and Wales are regarded as being owned by the Queen under a royal prerogative dating back to the Middle Ages.Anyone harming a wild swan could be jailed for up to six months under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
BT to close offices in more than 270 UK locationsDecision comes as telecoms company looks to cut £1.5bn in costs
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