WASPI report into women's state pension due to be published on Thursday
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA report looking into how raising the age when women retire has impacted them is to be published on Thursday. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report follows a campaign from women who saw their retirement age aligned with that of men.
Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) says millions of women lost out because of this change. They have been fighting for compensation after retirement plans were harmed by the change. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Women born in the 1950s were told they would have to wait longer for their state pension when changes to the state pension age to equalise it across genders were accelerated in 2010.
The age when both men and women can get their pension is going to go up again from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028. The ombudsman has been investigating the issue for five years.
The first part of their report came out in 2021 and said that the government was slow to tell women about these changes. The next part of the report could make recommendations on compensation.
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