Compensation needs to be simple, clear and fair, Waspi campaigners told the Work and Pensions Committee.
Waspi chair Angela Madden, pictured in March, gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on Tuesday
Jane Cowley, Waspi campaign director, told the Work and Pensions Committee: “In terms of things we’d like to see in a compensation scheme… we’d like it to be speedy because of the delays that have already gone on, we want… something that can be set up within weeks rather than years.”Ms Cowley told the committee: “We can’t have a ‘one-size-fits-all’, it does have to take account of people’s different circumstances.
“Now it’s not difficult to see that the latter group are the ones who are far more likely to have suffered quite difficult consequences because of that lack of knowing.” “It started way back in 1995. There has been at least 10 pensions ministers while we’ve been running this campaign and I think the apology needs to come from the Department Work and Pensions in general.Ms Madden told the committee: “An apology without a commitment to a fair remedy is not an apology at all, so I think that’s what we’d like to see from an apology.”
The ombudsman’s report suggested that compensation at level four, ranging between £1,000 and £2,950, could be appropriate for each of those affected.
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