'Waspi is the last straw': Starmer faces MPs rebellion after blocking compensation
#WASPI Campaign
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#WASPI Campaign
@WASPI_Campaign
Official #WASPI: Women Against State Pension Inequality campaigning for compensation as recommended by PHSO for lack of notice of State Pension age changes.
Joined September 2015
- Just a reminder, @leicesterliz of what you promised. Hard to see how your statement refusing #WASPI women justice today is a "fair solution".
- “@BorisJohnson tonight scotched his own pledge to help millions of women hit by state pension age rises in a breathtaking live TV U-turn”
- So when justice for #WASPI women costs too much, you abandon it, @Keir_Starmer? So much for restoring trust in politics.BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has defended a decision not to compensate women affected by changes to their retirement age - saying doing so would "burden" the taxpayer. 🔗 Read more trib.al/wY6798r
- “I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. I think I am right in saying that it is unprecedented for the Government to reject in its entirety an ombudsman’s report and offer absolutely nothing. Those women were led up the garden path in the last election, and before that,
- Remember this @LizKendall? When you publicly supported #WASPI? Your betrayal has brought anger and devastation to 3.6 million #1950swomen. So much for restoring trust in politics. This is a decision that would make the likes of Boris Johnson blush.Women are suffering unacceptable hardship because of changes to their state pension age, with 3000 affected in Leicester West alone. This injustice can’t go on. I was proud to sign the @WASPI_Campaign pledge in Parliament today to reaffirm my support for their campaign
- 'If it is acceptable for a department to completely reject the findings of a report by the independent Parliamentary Ombudsman, this strikes a blow at the heart of the whole process. 'There is a risk that governments will now feel emboldened to "pick and choose" when faced with
- #WASPI women left out in the cold again? How much longer will we have to wait for #FairandFastCompensation? Over 270,000 #1950swomen have died without seeing State Pension justice. Billions saved by the Treasury in the meantime. #Budget2024 #Budget
- Up to 100 Labour MPs could vote against Waspi payout refusal. #WASPI has significant support from backbenchers, many of whom pledged their support as recently as October.
- Raising #WASPI women’s pension age has already saved the government £181 billion. Recompense would cost £10 billion, a tiny fraction of that sum. Our polling shows that most UK adults (i.e. taxpayers) support compensation.The Chancellor says the government won't pay 'expensive compensation' to Waspi women because it's not 'the best use of taxpayers money' Reeves insists she understands why women affected by the change to the state pension age 'feel disappointed by this decision'
00:00 - Chancellor Rachel Reeves campaigned alongside her mother for Waspi compensation while shadow pensions minister
