[ Ministers have still not met the author of the damning report into Waspi state pensions, six weeks after it was published, it has emerged. A report by the Parliamentary and Health Service ombudsman in March found that the Department for Work and Pensions was guilty of maladministration by failing to inform women born in … Read more
[ Senior MPs have urged the Government to hold an urgent vote on compensation for women who say they lost out financially because of changes to the state pension. Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaigners are furious that both the Conservatives and Labour have refused to commit to compensation, despite last month’s damning report … Read more
[ Women who say they lost out financially because of major changes to the state pension age are demanding that MPs hold a vote on compensation. Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) has written an open letter to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt – urging the minister to “urgently” set aside time for a vote on … Read more
[ In our weekly series, readers can email in with any question about retirement and pension saving to be answered by our expert, Tom Selby, director of public policy at investment platform AJ Bell. There is nothing he doesn’t know about pensions. If you have a question for him, email us at [email protected]. Question: I’ve read that it’s … Read more
[ Opinion Money and Business Editor Women will soon need to work for an extra 19 years to retire with the same pension savings as men March 23, 2024 6:00 am(Updated 8:12 am) Women from the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign assemble outside Parliament during Prime Minister’s Questions on International Women’s Day last year … Read more
[ Welcome to Thursday’s Early Edition from i. Nearly 10 years ago, five women banded together to fight against the way changes to the state pension affected those born in the 50s. The Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) group says they were not properly told that their state pension age would increase from the … Read more
[ Women affected by major changes to the state pension age have been warned that many of them may miss out on compensation, as an official report into the saga is finally released. A five-year investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) into alleged failures at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) … Read more
