All WASPI articles
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NewsLabour MPs turn on government over lack of WASPI compensation
Representatives of WASPI – Women Against State Pension Inequality – received support from around 100 MPs from multiple parties ahead of a legal challenge set to be heard in December.
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NewsWork and Pensions Committee demands answers on WASPI compensation
The Work and Pensions Committee chair Debbie Abrahams has written to the Work and Pensions Secretary asking for more information about the government’s decision not to compensate women who were affected by the rise in the state pension age.
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NewsMPs seek to force government’s hand on WASPI compensation
MPs have tabled a bill aimed at forcing the government to compensate women who were victims of maladministration related to the rise in the state pension age.
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NewsOmbudsman slams DWP over state pension age increases
The department failed to communicate changes to the state pension age adequately, according to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
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NewsWaspi women ‘frustrated’ at ombudsman delays
On the go: Campaign group Women Against State Pension Inequality have spoken of their frustration after “waiting for months” for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to make a decision regarding their case.
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Supreme Court rejects BackTo60 state pension appeal
On the go: An appeal against state pension age changes for women born in the 1950s has been denied by the Supreme Court, leaving campaigners disappointed after hopes of a return to the old pension age.
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OpinionTackle covert discrimination in auto-enrolment
From the blog: In recent months, much attention has been given to the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign. This has brought the issue of gender inequality in pension legislation into sharp focus.
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OpinionShadow pensions minister: Building awareness v expensive publicity
From the blog: Since I became shadow pensions minister the three major issues on my desk every week are the pension freedoms, auto-enrolment and the new single-tier state pension.