The prime minister says he has a 'track record' on acting over compensation schemes as an ombudsman recommends thousands of pounds in compensation for women born in the 1950s.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hinted at help for Waspi women who were hit by changes to the state pension age. It comes after a report said the changes were not communicated adequately and people should receive an apology and compensation, possibly totalling billions of pounds.
'Hopefully people will appreciate we have only just received the report yesterday, it is very long and detailed, and the right thing for us to do is to go through it carefully and then come back with a considered and thoughtful response.' But pushed on whether the government would make payments to the Waspi women, he said his 'track record on these things is we do act', pointing to the legislation to quash the convictions of sub-postmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal.
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