Pensions Minister Emma Reynolds responded to question in House of Commons today on timescale for answer from DWP
A government minister has given an update in Parliament today on the campaign to get compensation for the ‘ WASPI ’ women who lost out through changes to the state pension age and pledged to come back ‘in the coming weeks’. The WASPI organisation - which stands for Women Against State Pension Inequality has been campaigning for fair payments after the government ombudsman ruled against the government.
The long-running saga relates to 3.8 million women born between April 6, 1950, and April 5, 1960, who found their State Pension age had gone up from 60 to 65 and then to 66. In the Commons today Liberal Democrat MP Steve Darling asked during Department for Work and Pensions questions: “All members in this chamber are aware of the waspi women campaign and the parliamentary ombudsman’s findings.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman published its final report in March and says it found the DWP did not give the women enough notice of the age rise to 65 brought in by the 1995 Pensions Act but had provided adequate warning about the impact of the Pensions Act 2011, which further pushed up the age to 66.
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