GLASGOW will turn purple tonight in honour of women fighting for pension equality across the UK for the last five years.

The city's Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) group will gather at Kelvingrove Museum around 7.50pm to watch the historic building light up.

Other landmarks throughout the country will also show off purple hues, including Hamilton Town House, the Johnstone Band Stand, the Aria Statue at Cumbernauld, and the famous Blackpool Tower.

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The event will mark the fifth anniversary of the group that has campaigned on behalf of millions of women born in the 1950s who lost out on money when the pension age was raised to bring it in line with men.

It comes after the parliamentary ombudsman found in June that the UK Government was "too slow" to tell some women the rising age would affect them.

Glasgow Times:

WASPI Scotland

Rosie Dickson, chair of WASPI Scotland, said: "These women have waited up to six years for the pension they had expected at 60. It was changed to 65 then again to 66, leaving them no time to plan for the shortfall.

"Many had no occupational pensions due to not being allowed to join pension schemes in the 1970s as a woman, or were in jobs which didn't pay enough, or had career breaks for child or parent care."

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Speaking at the time, a spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the move was designed to aid gender inequality and its actions had been "supported" by both the High Court and Court of Appeal.