The UK Labour Government has faced criticism for refusing to award compensation to WASPI women, despite a recommendation from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
A Lanarkshire MSP has blasted the UK Government’s “betrayal” of Women Against State Pension Inequality ( WASPI ) campaigners. The Labour Government confirmed it will ignore the recommendation from the UK Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) to deliver compensation for WASPI Women. Approximately 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not properly informed of the rise in state pension age to bring them into line with men.
Nine months ago, the PHSO recommended compensation of between £1,000 and £2,950 to those affected. Work & Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall this week announced the government would refuse the recommendation to award between £1,000 and £2,950 to women affected by the change in the state pension age. Responding to the announcement, Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson said: “Labour promised to deliver justice for the 3.6 million WASPI women affected by the change in state pension age. That was in opposition. Now, in Government, they have betrayed those women. “MSPs in the Scottish Parliament voted for full compensation for the WASPI women in an SNP led debate earlier this year. Labour abstained. “For years, Labour politicians promised justice for these women. Anas Sarwar, Jackie Baillie, and many Labour MSPs and MPs campaigned alongside WASPI women calling for fairness. Where are they today? Their party has turned its back on campaigner
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