[ Welcome to Thursday’s Early Edition from i. ‘University calls in 1,000 police to end demonstration’ the headline, describing the events of 30 April, reads. “At 2am, police removed students occupying Hamilton Hall” at Columbia University. It could be a report on yesterday’s dramatic events in New York, but that story was written 56 years … Read more
[ 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
[ Violent confrontations have erupted at a pro-Palestine protest camp at a Los Angeles university as demonstrators reported that fireworks and tear gas were hurled at them by pro-Israel supporters. Clashes between the Gaza war demonstrators and counter-protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) reached boiling point on Tuesday night with police deployed … Read more
[ Police officers have entered New York’s Columbia University, clearing dozens of people from inside a building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters. Officers, wearing helmets and carrying zip ties and riot shields, massed at the elite university’s entrance, then climbed through a window to enter the occupied building, streaming in over a ramp raised from the … Read more
[ Women angry over major changes to the state pension age have warned Britain’s politicians that they are ready to make compensation one of the single biggest issues at the general election. The Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaign has vowed to put pressure on every single election candidate to commit to an “adequate” … Read more
[ The Government faces a fresh pre-election clash with the unions over public-sector pay as ministers are set to defy calls to restore wages back to their pre-pandemic levels. The salaries of at least 2.5 million workers including nurses, teachers and civil servants will be set in the next three months. Whitehall insiders expect the … 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
[ Compensation for Waspi women who lost out when the pension age was changed must be “fair” to the taxpayer, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said, following warnings that it could cost up to £10.5bn. He suggested it will “take time” to organise payouts for the millions of women affected and cautioned: “There’s no secret vault … Read more
