[ Pro-Palestinian activists have staged a protest outside the BBC’s headquarters in London to call for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest. The rally, which was called by the LGTBQ+ solidarity group Queers For Palestine, as well as Fossil Free Pride, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and London For A Free Palestine, included drag performances, speeches … 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
[ 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
[ Ignoring the estimated 3.6 million women affected by major changes to the state pension age could spell electoral danger for Labour, the party has been warned. Pollsters and campaigners told i that the generation of so-called Waspi women who did not get their pension at 60 as they expected could have “outsized influence” on … Read more
[ A future Labour government must deliver compensation to the millions of women who lost out over the change to the state pension age, Waspi women and MPs have warned. A major report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) found that the Department for Work and Pensions had failed to communicate the change … Read more
[ Campaigners demanding justice for the Waspi women hit by changes to the state pension age have urged Sir Keir Starmer to commit to compensation in Labour’s general election manifesto. A report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) into any failures at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) over communication of the policy … Read more
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[ Millions of women could be in line for compensation over changes to the state pension age if a new bill passing through Parliament gets the green light. The bill, presented to the House of Commons by SNP MP Alan Brown on 7 February this year and described by some as a “lifeline”, proposes giving … Read more
[ Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax has announced that it will increase rates on some of its deals from Friday, with NatWest also upping costs. Halifax said that from Friday it would be increasing the interest rates on some purchase, remortgage and product transfer deals by 0.25 percentage points. NatWest has also announced increases to … Read more
