Hundreds of thousands of WASPI women are waiting for compensation worth up to almost £3,000 each
Women Against State Pension Inequality campaigners have shared a positive update as hundreds of thousands of women await compensation worth up to almost £3,000 each. WASPI was set up to help women who were born in the 1950s who were negatively affected by their pension age going up.
An Ombudsman report issued more than six months ago said WASPI women should be issued compensation of between £1,000 and £2,950 each, with Parliament told to "act swiftly" in issuing the money. However, no compensation has yet been given. Councillor Jonathan Harris, deputy leader of West Northamptonshire Liberal Democrats, who proposed a motion to lobby the government said: "Women have had their emotional, physical and mental circumstances totally obliterated by a lack of reasonable notice."
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