WASPI Women Denied Compensation

[Bromptonaut]

Women I know were well aware of the pension changes, but I was willing to believe this might be due the demographic I inhabit.
After reading this

https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/public...-department-work-and-pensions-communication-0

I can only conclude that those who were taken by surprise by this changes were quite wilful in their ignorance.

The conclusions on p36 seem clear enough to me. They include failures to follow up action proposed and against the Civil Service Code etc.

If it's good enough for the Ombo it's good enough for me.

 

[matticus]

In Sky News today (2024, for reference):

The chancellor campaigned for Waspi women to receive compensation when she was shadow pensions minister ...
Rachel Reeves spoke in a Westminster Hall debate in 2016 in which she said the women hit by the increase to the state pension age from 60 to 65 in the 2010s had been "done an injustice".


That was 8 years ago! Quite a lot has happened since then, in the economy, in the country's coffers - how many tory policies remained unchanged since 2016?

 

[Bromptonaut]

That was 8 years ago! Quite a lot has happened since then, in the economy, in the country's coffers - how many tory policies remained unchanged since 2016?

My point exactly.

 

[Beebo]

In Sky News today (2024, for reference):

The chancellor campaigned for Waspi women to receive compensation when she was shadow pensions minister ...
Rachel Reeves spoke in a Westminster Hall debate in 2016 in which she said the women hit by the increase to the state pension age from 60 to 65 in the 2010s had been "done an injustice".


That was 8 years ago! Quite a lot has happened since then, in the economy, in the country's coffers - how many tory policies remained unchanged since 2016?

Well, David Cameron was still PM. So just a little matter of more 4 Conservative PMs in that time.
So no much.

 

[PK99]

Herin lies much of the issue of modern politics.
You can say what the hell you like when in opposition like to batter the government, yet completely fail to have the courage of your convictions when in power. It's no wonder people have lost faith in politics and head-over to reform as a protest.
Labour has completely zarked-up their opportunity to change this....

"Courage of your convictions"

Clearly Labour were not/are not in the business of conviction politics and have not moved on from the Punch and Judy confrontational politics that has been the British problem for many a year.

 

[Beebo]

I suspect Labour would pay some compensation if they had the funds to do so.
Where as the Conservatives would never pay compensation.

 

[spen666]

I amazing how so many people are bending over backwards to defend the actions of Labour, despite

1. The Parliamentary Ombudsman recommending payment of compensation
2. Several Labour MPs including Angela Raynor making speeches in opposition saying the money belonged to the WASPI women and a Labour government would pay the WASPI women.

 

[icowden]

Labour has done just what the Tories did in the past; lied about what they’d do in power just to get your vote.

Actually I'm not sure that they did. Although Keir ended up with a landslide win, a huge number of people were not voting *for* Labour, they were voting *against* the Tories. Starmer offered the only viable alternative in many areas - more than the Lib Dems could get - they also won a large number of seats on the basis that they weren't the incumbent chinless wonder.

No one in my constituency voted for Labour - but the majority voted against having another Tory Government. Remember Truss wasting 60Bn, the runaway interest rates, the massive costs to our mortgages, Boris having parties whilst we were in lockdown etc etc etc - that's what turned everyone anti-tory.

 

[icowden]

I amazing how so many people are bending over backwards to defend the actions of Labour, despite

1. The Parliamentary Ombudsman recommending payment of compensation
2. Several Labour MPs including Angela Raynor making speeches in opposition saying the money belonged to the WASPI women and a Labour government would pay the WASPI women.

If only Liz Truss hadn't spaffed 60Bn down the tubes.

 

[Mr Celine]

It's a relatively small subset affected when the timescale for equalisation and that of moving the general age to 66 and then 77

 

[matticus]

I amazing how so many people are bending over backwards to defend the actions of Labour,

Amazing good, or
amazing bad?

And have you considered that maybe you don't understand voters?