UK Waspi pension campaign: Minister says women born in the 1950s who are affected by transitional state pension arrangements should use "other benefits" like jobseekers
' allowance and tax credits.

The government has been accused of "double standards" after it emerged that women born in the 1950s who are affected by transitional state pension arrangements should use "other benefits" like jobseekers' allowance and tax credits.

The comments by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain