WASPI women's new 10-point action plan to ombudsman to finally resolve fight with DWP over State Pension age changes
WASPI women have sent a new 10-point action plan to the parliamentary ombudsman in a bid to resolve their fight with the Department for Work and Pensions over State Pension age changes.
The Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign argue that up to 3.8 million women in the 1950s saw their state pension age change from the traditional 60 they had expected up to 65 and then to 66 for both sexes. The UK Government has been slammed by some for not providing ample notice which has left them in limbo.Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has already found the DWP had failed to give women enough notice of the changes.
WASPI said: "Some of us were already 58 when the DWP pulled the rug from under us by letting us know far too late that we could not retire and draw a pension at 60 but must instead wait until 66. By then we had taken life-changing decisions to leave work, often taking up caring responsibilities for our elderly parents, grandchildren or ill partners.
"We believe the ombudsman's mistaken approach to injustice could mean many women - perhaps hundreds of thousands - receiving less compensation than they otherwise would. We cannot be certain about the numbers or the amounts and although the Government normally follows ombudsman recommendations, there is no right to compensation. And of course, although we believe we have a strong case, the outcome is not certain.
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