The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) group has pledged to keep campaigning for compensation after Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejected their demand for £10.5 billion payout.
WASPI women have vowed to continue their fight for justice after Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to payout £10.5billion to millions of female pensioners. Campaign organisers have refused to admit defeat after the government denied paying any compensation to an estimated 3.8million women born in the 1950s who were hit by state pension age changes.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman recommended the women should be paid up to £2,950 each, although Sir Keir has insisted taxpayers cannot afford. But Angela Madden, chair of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) group told MailOnline it was 'crazy' for the government to say there was no money available. 'We note that the train drivers got their pay rise and the miners got their payout. The only difference is that they are mostly men,' she added. Ms Madden has vowed to continue campaigning for compensation for those women born between April 6, 1950, and April 5, 1960, who were affected by a change to the state pension age from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2020. She said: 'We are not leaving it there. We are more determined than ever to get what we think is rightfully ours. 'If they thought we were going away quietly then they have underestimated our skill, our ability, our tenacity, and even our intelligence.' Angela Madden, chair of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) group, has vowed to continue their fight for justice after Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to payout £10.5billion to millions of female pensioners Keir Starmer is facing furious backlash after his government announced it would not pay a penny to the 'WASPI women'. Pictured: Keir Starmer posing with WASPI women campaigners in 2018 Ms Madden said the campaign group is considering every option available in order to continue their fight for compensation. She said: 'Of course we are taking legal advice. We know what the government did was immoral but are there any challenges. 'We are taxpayers to
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