Scotland’s First Minister has urged Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer to be “on the right side of history” in delivering compensation for women…
FIRST Minister Humza Yousaf has urged Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer to be “on the right side of history” in delivering compensation for women impacted by changes to the state pension age.
But it was accelerated in 2010 to reduce the overall costs of pensions, with the new state pension age brought forward to 2018. In his letter to Prime Minister Mr Sunak, Mr Yousaf said the UK Government must become “part of the solution, rather than the problem” for campaigners.leader Sir Keir to stand by the party’s previous manifesto pledge to recognise the “injustice” and design a compensation system.
“Politicians from every party must show support for the campaign and ensure the UK Government deals with this efficiently and effectively.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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