My Dad paid s company. Pension all his working life and if he was still alive he would have been 100 last year. He worked in a factory after coming out of the Army. My Mum paid full stamp even after marriage and if alive she would be 93 now. I paid full stamp before and after marriage and so did my 4 sisters. It was always known if a female paid married women stamp they could only claim on husband's NIC contribution. To suggest no one knew this is rubbish. Many women chose not to pay full stamp because they wanted more money in their hand to live on. I had less when children small and money was tight then but knew would be better off in retirement. State pension is fair hard to live off without private pension income. However those who chose to only pay married women NIC can now claim pension credit. Some claim housing benefit too. The government has borrowed massively with Covid 19 and the workers will be paying this debt off for years to come. Sunak added £1k just for this year to UC but there will be hell when higher benefit comes to an end next March. No one wants to pay higher taxes but that is where pension and benefits payment comes from.
Scottish island ferries debacle. 🏴