Both the Conservatives and Labour have been reluctant to commit to compensating women affected by changes to the state pension age.
Campaigners for Women Against State Pension Inequality have called for politicians to commit to compensating them in line with recommendations from the Ombudsman.
On a campaign visit to Derbyshire on Friday, the Prime Minister said the Government would look through the PHSO’s report “carefully” before providing “a considered and thoughtful response”. Earlier on Friday, Labour shadow cabinet minister Emily Thornberry said her party would not make any commitments until the Government had put forward its response, which she said should happen “next week”.
But campaigners expressed frustration at the unwillingness of politicians to commit to compensation, which the PHSO suggested could cost between £3.5 billion and £10.5 billion, although campaigners are pushing for a higher figure.
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