DWP urged to do the ‘right thing’ for WASPI women over State Pension age compensation
Two Scottish MPs have urged the UK Government not to make the same mistake with future State Pension age change communication that has been felt by millions of women born in the 1950s. Some 3.8 million women across Great Britain missed out on State Pension payments due to the change in retirement age from 60 to 65 between 2016 and 2018 and then to 66, for both men and women in October, 2020.
During a debate in the House of Commons around reports that the State Pension age will rise to 68 earlier than planned, the SNP’s Patricia Gibson urged the UK Government to give those women “the compensation that is their right”. She continued: “Probably every one of us has spoken to women born in the 1950s, and when we do they tell us that the biggest UK Government swindle in recent memory was robbing their generation of their rightful State Pensions at the age of 60.
Top Money Stories Today She said: “They must be given the compensation that is their right and I applaud the work they have done, because those women faced delays of up to six years to access their State Pension, one in four of them now struggle to make payments on crucial bills and one third are in debt, with single women the worst affected.”
“Although this debate is about the future, I cannot mention the WASPI women without talking about their ongoing right for compensation. They have been waiting years now, and thousands have died without ever seeing a penny.”
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