updated 15th August 2022 - Stage 2 provisional Findings
The Ombudsman's website has been updated. Note that they say they are going to begin considering what action DWP should take to remedy the "apparent injustice" and also that stages 2 and 3 will be published at the same time to minimise further waiting.
Westminster Party leaders support waspi
OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
SNP’S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
SNP’S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, has signed our pledge supporting our campaign for fair and fast compensation for 1950s women. This supports our aim of securing cross-party commitment to implementing the Ombudsman's recommendations without delay when they are published.
SNP’S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
SNP’S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
SNP’S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
Ian Blackford
SNP's Westminster Leader
“I am a longstanding supporter of the WASPI Women. “We await the report of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. The UK Government must not delay one moment more in introducing a fair and fast compensation scheme if this is recommended. “The SNP has been on the side of WASPI campaigners from the start and we continue to stand with women born in the 1950s in their fight for pension justice.”
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey pledges support for our campaign for fair and fast compensation.
“WASPI women have been ignored for years. At a time when bills are soaring, they are still fighting heroically for justice after changes to the state pension left them out of pocket.
Liberal Democrats want a fair deal for WASPI women. We believe that the Government has a duty to compensate the women who have lost out – through no fault of their own – and we will endorse any decisions by the Ombudsman on compensation.”
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
Liz Saville-Roberts
Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader
“The WASPI women have suffered hugely as a result of maladministration and failure by DWP to appropriately inform them of changes to their State Pension Allowance.
“Despite the clamour of outrage and years of campaigning, the UK Government have refused to support these women who are trapped in difficult financial situations through no fault of their own.
“The UK Government not only have a legal obligation but also a moral obligation to address the hardship caused to the women whose pension plans were cut short by the UK Government.
“If the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman recommends that the WASPI women should be compensated, then the UK Government must act immediately to deliver a fair and fast compensation scheme.”
scottish Party leaders support waspi
FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON - SNP
FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON - SNP
FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON - SNP
ANAS SARWAR - SCOTTISH LABOUR
FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON - SNP
FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON - SNP
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
LORNA SLATER - (Co-Leader)SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
Latest News
MPs ARGUE FOR ‘FAST AND PROPER COMPENSATION” FOR WASPI WOMEN
WASPI welcomes the submission which the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has made to the Ombudsman. It clearly sets out the various forms of injustice that we have suffered and makes a strong case for compensation at the highest level.
“The APPG strongly feels that now is the time for 1950s women to be given fast and proper compensation for the impact of successive maladministration.”
“These women … have faced horrific injustice and have been neglected time and time again. There is very little else to be said. The PHSO must act, and it must act robustly."
READ AN INTERVIEW WITH WASPI CHAIRPERSON HERE:
WASPI APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group)
WASPI Scotland, together with WASPI Campaign 2018 and other 1950s pension groups, present SUBMISSION to the WASPI APPG
24/11/21