Parliament is set to break up for party conference season this week until October 7.
Millions of women born in the 1950s face further delays in finding out when - or even if - a compensation plan will be proposed by the Labour Government before the end of this year.
In another response to Lib Dem MP Ben Maguire, she highlighted how the Ombudsman’s report published on March 21, 2024 “estimated that providing compensation to all 1950s women at the level 4 range would cost between around £3.5 and £10.5bn”. Angela Madden Chair of the WASPI campaign, recently said that a meeting with the new Pensions Minister “is the start of something” on the ongoing fight for ‘fair and fast compensation’ for all women impacted by changes to their State Pension age.
“We certainly felt listened to, Emma Reynolds is new in this job and she very much was listening, gathering information and understanding our position. She’s certainly got the official information, she’s read the reports and knows we appeared at the Work and Pensions Committee meeting earlier in May.”
It said that “Parliament must urgently identify a mechanism for providing that appropriate remedy” and recommended compensation equivalent to Level 4 on its banding scale, which is worth between £1,000 and £2,950. It reads: "That this House notes with concern the losses borne by 1950s women as a result of maladministration by the Department for Work and Pensions; welcomes the findings of the independent inquiry of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; further notes that on average over 100 1950s born women die daily, many of whom have suffered losses and die without compensation; and urges the Government to honour the recommendations of the Ombudsman, and come forward with a proper plan to...
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