Campaigners are calling for a compensation payout plan to be put in place urgently.
Millions of 1950s-born women who lost out when the State Pension age changed cannot afford to wait much longer for compensation, campaigners said as they acknowledged that for some it was “already too late”. Age UK accused the UK Government of “seemingly endlessly dragging its feet in situations when there have been clear findings of fault”, and compared the situation to concerns around the Windrush Compensation Scheme and the Post Office and Contaminated Blood scandals.
Ms Madden called on MPs “to do justice to all the 3.6 million women affected”, stating that Level 6 compensation - of at least £10,000 - would “clearly and reasonably” recognise the injustice and loss of opportunities suffered. She added: “It is astonishing that the ombudsman is saying that he does not expect the Department for Work and Pensions to act on his report and is calling on Parliament to intervene.
“However, it’s important to say DWP is not legally obliged to carry out these recommendations and the Ombudsman expects it to be highly resistant to doing so.
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