3.6m WASPI women told they won't receive compensation, this is how much they may have missed

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Millions of ‘WASPI women’ have been told they will not receive compensation over state pension changes. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said women born between April 1950 and April 1960 were “owed” money because increases in the state pension age, from 60 to 66, were not communicated properly.

Some were notified of the change to their pension age less than a year before they had been expecting to retire at 60, which left them without enough time to adjust their savings plans, the ombudsman found. READ MORE: Tragedy as Man City fan dies after collapsing at Manchester derby The report also said the 3.6m women affected should have received a letter informing them of the changes up to four years earlier than they did.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the government accepted the Ombudsman’s findings of maladministration and apologised to 1950s-born women for a 28 month delay in writing to them.

But she ruled out compensation payouts. Ms Kendall said most women knew the state pension age was increasing, and argued that the failure to send out letters wasn’t “as significant as the Ombudsman says”.