The open letter to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt MP was launched on April 1
An open letter to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt MP, demanding a debate and vote in Parliament on compensation for Women Against State Pension Inequality , has been signed by more than 158,000 people in just 10 days.
During his statement, Mr Stride pointed out that the 100-page report was "complex" and said several times that the UK Government "will look at these matters extremely carefully" adding that time was needed to digest the report's findings.
"We're looking to Penny Mordaunt as Commons Leader to put that right and we ask all those who back our campaign to sign our open letter to her. We have been overwhelmed by the support so far." They believe that "women have had their emotional, physical and mental circumstances totally obliterated by a lack of reasonable notice" and say "the impact of DWP maladministration on 1950s-born women has been as devastating as it is widespread."WASPI open letter to Penny Mordaunt MP.
It continues: "The Commons must urgently have the opportunity to debate and vote on their proposals, and any others that MPs wish to bring forward."
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