Blow for Waspi women as government refuses to grant compensation over state pension age changes
Government denies state pension compensation for 3.8 million Waspi women
- Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden has announced that approximately 3.8 million Waspi women will not receive compensation for state pension changes.
- The government reviewed the decision after a new document emerged, but upheld its previous conclusion against compensation.
- Mr McFadden apologised for the delay in sending individual letters about state pension age changes but said that women did not suffer direct financial loss from this communication issue.
- He said that the issue of compensation was not for past policy decisions regarding the state pension age increase, but rather for how these changes were communicated.
- The decision comes despite a previous pledge by Labour to compensate women whose retirement plans were affected by the state pension age rising from 60 to 66.
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