New call for ‘urgent’ State Pension compensation package from UK Government to all WASPI women
dailyrecord.co.ukLabour MP Kate Osborne has called on the UK Government to “urgently put forward a compensation package” for women born in the 1950s who have been affected by changes to their State Pension age.
An estimated 3.8million women across Great Britain missed out on State Pension payments due to a change in retirement age.Between April 2010 and November 2018, it rose from 60 to 65 for women, and in October 2020 it increased to 66 for both men and women.
However, in July 2021, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) ruled that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failed to communicate the changes with enough urgency, finding it guilty of "maladministration", and is currently investigating the harm caused.During the Budget debate on Gender Equality in Parliament on Tuesday, the MP for Jarrow, said: “The Spring Budget failed women.
It failed young women, women in work and pensioners.”Ms Osborne continued: “Women are more likely to rely on and work in public services, and this Budget made their lives worse, not better.“Most of the UK’s poorest pensioners are single women, and the gender pensions gap needs to be addressed.
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