[ 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
[ People with long Covid have distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood which could potentially be targeted with immune therapies, the largest study of its kind has revealed. In an analysis of more than 650 people who had been hospitalised with severe Covid-19, patients with prolonged symptoms showed evidence of immune system activation. … 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
[ 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
[ 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
[ 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
[ The Government has paid out £571.6m in underpaid state pension payments, after nearly 100,000 pensioners were left short-changed. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) identified 97,016 state pension underpayments between January 2021 and February 2024, with each underpayment worth £5,900 on average, new data shows. However, estimates suggest the scale of the issue … Read more
[ A watchdog has told the Government to compensate the women from the Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) group hit by major changes to the state pension age in a damning report into failures at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said a group of women … Read more
