It was equalised for fairness over last 20 or so years and way in which that was done is causing all kinds of problems. Five years would (IMHO) be nothing like sufficient time for a woman of say 61 to provide for fact her State Pension being changed from current 66 to 68.
The real unfairness right now is not around State Pension age but for 'mixed age' couples where one attains State Pension age before the other and they need additional help because of low income.
Until May they could claim Pension Credit once the eldest reached State Pension Age. The 'amount of money the law says they need to live on' would be £255.25. After May they have to claim Universal Credit until the youngest reaches State Pension Age. Dick 66 and his wife Dora 64 are treated as only needing £115.13 to live on - less than a single person's Pension. Dora is supposed to find work. The fact that Dick is a bit forgetful and gets in a pickle left on his own makes no difference.
Until a few years ago Dora's Pension Age would have been 60.
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