Waspi: No payouts for women hit by state pension age rise
No payouts for women hit by state pension age rise
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No compensation will be paid to women born in the 1950s hit by changes to the state pension age, the government has announced. Campaigners say 3.6 million women were not properly informed of the rise in state pension age to bring them into line with men. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall apologised for a delay in sending letters to those affected but rejected any kind of financial payouts. Nine months ago, a parliamentary ombudsman recommended payouts of between ?1,000 and ?2,950 to those affected.
The Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign had called for payments of at least ?10,000 each.
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