Inside the fight to get Waspi compensation into election manifestos

[ 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

Ignoring Waspi women could cost Labour at the election, pollsters warn

[ 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

Waspi women demand Labour commits to ‘long overdue’ compensation in manifesto

[ 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