The rich wives’ club
SIR: I was interested to read Margaret Dibben’s Money Matters (February issue).
She illustrated the ‘Married women’s pension rip-off’, due to women’s not claiming additional pension income based on their husbands’ full basic pensions payments.
She failed to mention the men who may have been in my position – where my wife earned a great deal more than me.
We were also not informed that the pension could be enhanced by my claiming additional pension based on her payments.
This enhanced payment would still be valid after divorce and would in no way affect the state pension. Yours faithfully, Peter Burgess, Eastbourne, East Sussex