Lanarkshire MP calls for WASPI women to be given full compensation

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A Lanarkshire MP has called for the WASPI women to be given full compensation and said the UK Government must act immediately.

Marion Fellows says the injustice of women unknowingly losing out on pension entitlement shows a similar pattern of UK Government failure as with the Post Office scandal and the Windrush fiasco.

The MP for Motherwell and Wishaw has campaigned on the issue for years and says it is a “further stain” on UK justice that millions of women are still waiting for compensation.

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