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The prime minister is facing MPs on the Liaison Committee following over the government’s decision to not pay compensation to 3.8 million Waspi women
The government has announced it will not compensate up to 3.8 million women affected by changes to the state pension age.. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall rejected calls for the ...
Ministers have been accused of presiding over a “day of shame” for the Labour government after they announced that up to 3.8 million women affected by changes to the state pension age will not ...
In 2015, WASPI was formed by five women to argue for the government to provide transitional payments to women born in the 1950s receiving their pension after the age of 60. [5] They also call for compensation to women who now receive a state pension but had to wait longer. [1] [2]
The debate heard from MPs that the decision announced in December, not to compensate the women was a ‘profound misjustice’
The watchdog said the women should be paid up to £2,950 each, a package with a potential total cost of £10.5 billion to the public purse, as poor communication meant they had lost out on the ...
Waspi campaigners say they will keep fighting on pensions after the government rejects compensation.
The Labour-led UK Government has said there will be no financial compensation for women impacted by the change to the state pension age. Scottish Labour had hoped for ‘compromise’ on Waspi ...