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Official #WASPI Campaign - Women Against State Pension Inequality campaigning against unfair changes to State Pension Age imposed on women born in the 50s

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#WASPI Campaign
2 months
#WASPI women left out in the cold again? How much longer will we have to wait for #FairandFastCompensation ? Over 270,000 #1950swomen have died without seeing State Pension justice. Billions saved by the Treasury in the meantime. #Budget2024 #Budget
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#WASPI Campaign
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250,000 #WASPI women have now died waiting for compensation for lack of notice of State Pension age increases. The Government knew they had failed to inform and the #PHSO have found maladministration by the DWP. It's time to act to right this wrong for 3.6 million women.
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#WASPI Campaign
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Ombudsman report says #WASPI #1950s women were affected by DWP failure to properly inform them and that parliament should set up a compensation scheme. Shockingly @DWPgovuk refuses to admit maladministration.
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#WASPI Campaign
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Little Gem, the production company who made Mr Bates v the Post Office, have been in touch. They have been overwhelmed by emails from WASPI women, and it's simply not possible for them to be able to respond to them all personally. Please be assured that they now know about…
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@WASPI_Campaign
#WASPI Campaign
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A statement from Jeremy Corbyn:
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#WASPI Campaign
10 months
7 years ago today 1000s of #WASPI women gathered in Parliament to protest to the Government about our issue. We're still here, fighting for justice. We've lost too many friends to stop now. We will keep the faith: this historic injustice will be compensated.
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#WASPI Campaign
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In Parliament yesterday @AlanBrownSNP made a rousing speech in support of #WASPI women. In it he said "It is not just the main parties here at Westminster letting down the WASPI women; the ombudsman has taken way too long and is still dragging its feet, having given the women…
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#WASPI Campaign
4 years
“3.6 million votes thrown away in a moment – and potentially many more, given the importance to husbands, children and grandchildren of the 1950s-born women who hold hard-pressed families together – and his own dishonesty writ unmissably large”
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#WASPI Campaign
10 months
Today @StephenMorganMP joined #WASPI women in delivering an open letter to Downing Street and a petition with 50,000 signatures calling on the Prime Minister to meet with @WASPI_Campaign to find a fair and fast resolution to their injustice.
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#WASPI Campaign
1 year
The High Court today agreed that @PHSOmbudsman second report must be quashed and he needs to reconsider injustice caused to #WASPI women by @DWPgovuk #maladministration . We urge him to do this as quickly as possible as one WASPI woman dies every 13 minutes waiting for justice
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#WASPI Campaign
4 months
SNP Westminster leader #StephenFlynnMP challenging the Prime Minister in Parliamentary Question Time today, raising the #WASPI issue as another catastrophe on top of the others. #notgoingaway
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#WASPI Campaign
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Come on @EmilyThornberry . You can do better than “Let’s give time and space for govt to respond”. 3.6 million #WASPI women are waiting to hear a commitment from @UKLabour for #FairandFastCompensation
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#WASPI Campaign
2 months
We will not go away until we have fair compensation for all women impacted by @DWPgovuk maladministration. Never underestimate a #WASPI woman.
@CarolineLucas
Caroline Lucas
2 months
On #r4today pensions Minister under under Cameron Govt, Ros Altmann says when she fought for pensions justice for 1950s women she was instructed “be quiet, these women will go away just don’t engage with it at all” What disdain for fairness. They underestimated #WASPI women
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#WASPI Campaign
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The govt saved £181 billion by raising #WASPI women’s state pension age, but they didn’t think to tell us.
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@WASPI_Campaign
#WASPI Campaign
4 months
#roswynnejones writing in #dailymirror today about the #WASPI women who didn't live to see compensation for maladministration by the DWP regarding their State Pensions. Thank you to the families who shared their stories. Those of us still here must fight, and fight on.
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@WASPI_Campaign
#WASPI Campaign
4 years
#WASPI issue discussed on the @MarrShow programme on the BBC this morning. @AngelaRayner said our money has been stolen by previous governments and should be paid back. We anticipate a lively day in the news courtesy of @UKLabour , who actually listened to #WASPIwomen ’s concerns
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#WASPI Campaign
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. @carolinenokes @Commonswomequ Do you think its acceptable that 250,000 #WASPI women have died waiting for compensation for maladministration by the #DWP , found by the PHSO? One woman dies every 13 minutes while the whitewash continues.
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#WASPI Campaign
2 months
Thank you to @kayeadams for mentioning the plight of #WASPI women on @loosewomen today. It’s a scandal which deserves you giving it a fuller treatment. 3.6million women still waiting for justice for @DWPgovuk ’s shameful maladministration.
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#WASPI Campaign
2 months
“There is no sense of urgency in government on this matter at the moment. Cross party we’ve got to create that sense of urgency” said @johnmcdonnellMP today. @WASPI_Campaign has always worked cross party and will continue to do so until this historic injustice is righted.
@johnmcdonnellMP
John McDonnell MP
2 months
I spoke up for ⁦⁦ @WASPI_Campaign ⁩ women today to demand justice. They were treated appallingly with result many have bern forced into hardship because government stole their pension rights from them. As the only Shadow Chancellor to offer a scheme I urged urgent action.
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@WASPI_Campaign
#WASPI Campaign
4 years
A link to the @UKLabour online calculator re their £58bn pledge for #WASPIwomen
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#WASPI Campaign
3 months
With all the talk of State Pension increasing - let's not forget the #WASPI women. We're not just 'commentators' about future actions, we are living the impact of past Government failures. @bbc @itv @SkyNewsBreak When will you be talking about us? Financial, emotional and…
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#WASPI Campaign
7 months
WASPI women are providing a presence outside the Tory Conference . Here, representatives from #WASPI and fellow campaigners 2018 with a combined goal of #fairandfastcompensation . Peter Aldous MP co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary group on women’s State Pensions has come out…
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#WASPI Campaign
2 months
Reports saying the government has saved £4bn by raising #WASPI women’s State Pension age are way off the mark. By 2026 they will have pocketed £181.4 billion. Plenty there to pay #FairandFastCompensation . Please retweet.
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#WASPI Campaign
4 months
State Pension age change decision due in 2024 that will affect all #WASPI women. Let's hope we see some justice.
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#WASPI Campaign
3 months
"Worst-affected #WASPI women received just a few months' notice of a 6 year increase, leaving tens of thousands in poverty. These mistakes must never be repeated." Retirement plans ruined. Fair compensation is due for this massive injustice. #1950swomen
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#WASPI Campaign
3 months
This #ValentinesDay will #WASPI women be shown some love & get a proper commitment to fair compensation for the DWP's #StatePension Maladministration? Life's been no bed of roses for #1950swomen plunged into poverty. @RishiSunak @Conservatives @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour
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#WASPI Campaign
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A reminder of how urgent it is that #WASPI #1950s women get compensation. One woman dies every 13 minutes while @DWPgovuk and govt prevaricate. There must be a debate as soon as Parliament returns.
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#WASPI Campaign
5 months
#WASPI letter in today's Telegraph. Still fighting, still campaigning, still telling the truth. #notgoingaway #fairandfastcompensation for 1950s women
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#WASPI Campaign
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#WASPI Campaign
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Another of eight front pages featuring #WASPI today.
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#WASPI Campaign
3 months
Ministers not allowed to talk about #WASPI #50swomen scandal in 2016. 7 ½ years later they’re still trying the same tack, pretending there hasn’t been @DWPgovuk #maladministration on a massive scale, affecting 3.6 million women. #FairandFastCompensation now.
@INorBY2020
INorBY2020
3 months
Ministers are told to follow lines... SHUT IT DOWN! #50swomenScandal
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#WASPI Campaign
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@Keir_Starmer [had] better steel himself and have some kind of “fix” in mind otherwise these brave girls will – quite rightly – haunt him!” #WASPI #commitforfaircompensation
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#WASPI Campaign
4 months
Yes, it’s really shocking. Maladministration by @DWPgovuk affecting 3.6 million women, yet no Minister has ever met with us. 260,000 #1950swomen have died while we wait for compensation, yet no Minister has thought it important to meet with #WASPI . Truly a #GreatBritishScandal
@ayeshahazarika
Ayesha Hazarika
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@WASPI_Campaign @TimesRadio Thank you so much for taking part in the discussion & highlighting the scandal facing WASPI Women. Can’t believe that no Ministers have met with you - genuinely shocked…
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#WASPI Campaign
9 months
Over 250,000 women affected by state pension age changes have died via @ThisIsMoney How many more #WASPI women will die waiting for compensation for maladministration by the DWP, already found by the Ombudsman?
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#WASPI Campaign
2 months
But not, it seems, for #WASPI #1950swomen seeking compensation for proven @DWPgovuk maladministration. Not one of your pensions ministers has ever even met with us. Shameful, with this injustice affecting 3.6 million women.
@Conservatives
Conservatives
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Conservatives are the Party for women.
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#WASPI Campaign
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#WASPI women must surely be high on that list. 3.6 million of us affected by proven @DWP maladministration. Lives ruined, homes sold, savings gone and one women dying every 13 minutes while we wait for compensation. @PHSOmbudsman investigation taking 5 years and so flawed it…
@ITV
ITV
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@Suej1959 The social team is heading to the commissioning team in the morning with a list of scandals we need to make shows about. It’s growing by the minute! 🎥
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#WASPI Campaign
3 months
A comment on #WASPI Crowdjustice page “I was born in 1957 this has changed my life for the worst. My husband died. At 60 they kept all his state pension I had to support myself and use my saving. I had to give up work with illness. Got no help. May justice be done thank you so…
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#WASPI Campaign
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Thank you to @JohnPenroseNews for raising issue of #WASPI compensation and asking for a timeline for payment. @DWPgovuk requested to respond.
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#WASPI Campaign
1 year
Thank you for your question at #PMQs today, @RLong_Bailey . You're right to say that #WASPI women need fair and fast compensation and we look forward to hearing what commitment to compensation @UKLabour will make.
@RLong_Bailey
Rebecca Long-Bailey
1 year
Women born in 1950’s had their state pension age increased without being told. Many unknowingly gave up work at 60 only to have no income, struggle to pay bills and some even lost their homes. They deserve fair and fast compensation for this injustice #Waspi
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#WASPI Campaign
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Indeed they will, @JohnPenroseNews . Thank you for making this point so clearly. 3.6 million women have waited over 5 years while @PHSOmbudsman drags out investigation. Parliament must ensure Ministers act quickly to deliver #FairAndFastCompensation #WASPI
@JohnPenroseNews
John Penrose
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If the Ombudsman decides #WASPI women suffered injustice, Ministers will need to be ready with a redress scheme to put it right quickly.
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#WASPI Campaign
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#WASPI NEED YOUR HELP TODAY! Please sign this petition to ask Penny Mordaunt to call an urgent #debate Please share - #commitforfairandfastcompensation
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#WASPI Campaign
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@DWPgovuk has clearly indicated that it will refuse to comply. This is unacceptable. The Department must do the right thing and it must be held to account for failure to do so.” #WASPI via @ThisIsMoney
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#WASPI Campaign
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“I go to the supermarket and I think, I can’t pay that”. A two page report on #WASPI #1950swomen in today’s @thetimes . Thank you @lilycsrj
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#WASPI Campaign
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Hoping we can count on your continued support at tomorrow’s Westminster Hall debate on compensation for #WASPI #1950swomen , @RachelReevesMP
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#WASPI Campaign
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Conservative @peter_aldous gets to the nub of the matter. Failure to implement @PHSOmbudsman #WASPI recommendations would drive a coach and horses through our system of democratic checks and balances.
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#WASPI Campaign
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Judge our commitment to pensioners on our results, @MelJStride tells @Sarah_Montague @BBCWorldatOne . So far your commitment to compensating #WASPI #1950swomen for proven @DWPgovuk State Pension Maladministration has shamefully amounted to zilch, Sec of State. #bbcwato
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#WASPI Campaign
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Fine to offer #WASPI women “respect” @AnnelieseDodds but respect doesn’t pay the bills ramped up after six years of no pension with no notice. That just won’t cut it. #commitmentforfaircompensation now
@BBCPolitics
BBC Politics
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“Circumstances have changed radically” Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds defends not committing to compensation for WASPI pension campaigners after the party pledged billions of pounds of payments at the 2019 general election #BBCLauraK
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@WASPI_Campaign
#WASPI Campaign
8 months
A group of 9 campaigners from #WASPI NE Derbyshire has released a music single today. Not just a ‘bit of fun’.  It is – sadly – deadly serious, since 250,000 women have already lost their lives while government – and the Ombudsman – continues to…
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#WASPI Campaign
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It was certainly brutal for #1950swomen , first to be hit with #StatePension age hike up to 6 years with little, or no, warning. This after working life of inequality in pay/pensions. Massive @DWPgovuk Maladministration. Still waiting for justice. #WASPI
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#WASPI Campaign
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🧵 @MelJStride now says this matter is so complex, he needs yet more months and years of head scratching to sort it out. He has made much of the report being 100 pages long as if he were being asked to digest War and Peace. #WASPI 1/
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@WASPI_Campaign
#WASPI Campaign
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It’s been been over 5 years for @PHSOmbudsman to investigate 6 sample #WASPI cases. He won’t give us even a rough idea of when he will finish. No one should have to expect or endure this. Certainly not #50sWomen . One of us dies every 13 minutes while this goes on.
@PHSOmbudsman
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
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Our step-by-step guides explain what happens when we first receive your complaint, how we decide if we can investigate it and what to expect if we do. Find out more: #Complaints #NHSComplaints
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#WASPI Campaign
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. @Jeremy_Hunt Do not conflate #WASPI maladministration proven by @PHSOmbudsman with failed court case to revert pension age to 60. They are entirely different.
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#WASPI Campaign
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. @AnnelieseDodds the best way to show respect to #WASPI women is to act quickly to ensure they get compensation for the injustice @PHSOmbudsman has clearly found. We will not accept less. @bbclaurak
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#WASPI Campaign
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Rishi Sunak says no election before the second half of the year because he's got "lots to do". The WASPI Campaign hope that means he'll start engaging with the process of compensation for #WASPI women for the maladministration by the #DWP .
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#WASPI Campaign
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We've had amazing support here in the last week which is very much appreciated. Not least this message from a WASPI woman "I have followed your ongoing committed fight for the last 5 years, every hard step you've taken to secure compensation for us 50s born women no matter what…
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#WASPI Campaign
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As a #WASPI woman herself, Shadow Pensions Minister @GillFurnissMP hints at support for #FairandFastCompensation . We just need @UKLabour to come off the fence and commit to righting this historic injustice.
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#WASPI Campaign
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#WASPI Chair Angela Madden on @BBCBreakfast ahead of publication of @PHSOmbudsman report today.
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#WASPI Campaign
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Cross-party MPs call on @MelJStride and @PennyMordaunt to publish #WASPI compensation proposals and urgently give time to debate. 3000 #1950s women have died since @PHSOmbudsman report issued. Action needed now.
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#WASPI Campaign
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"Very strong feelings ... as to whether compensation should be paid" said @MelJStride . This isn't a matter of opinion or 'feelings'; the govt's own watchdog said #WASPI compensation must be paid.
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#WASPI Campaign
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. @PHSOmbudsman has re-issued a draft #WASPI report, rewritten after our successful legal challenge. We are taking legal advice on it at the highest level and are working hard with our legal and public affairs teams to achieve the best outcome for #1950sWomen . We will not be…
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#WASPI Campaign
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Govt showing huge disrespect not only to #WASPI women but to its own watchdog when it refuses to set a date for compensation announcement. @MelJStride @CommonsPACAC @PHSOmbudsman
@CommonsPACAC
PACAC Committee
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We have written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, @MelJStride , to ask for an update on the Government's response to @PHSOmbudsman 's report into the communication of state pension age changes to women born in the 1950s.
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#WASPI Campaign
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Over a quarter of a million #WASPI #1950swomen have sadly died without seeing justice for proven @DWPgovuk #StatePension Maladministration. A "shocking figure" indeed, @solent_waspi . The Government could, of course, resolve this now. It chooses not to. That is shameful.
@TTVSolent
That's TV Solent
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"that's a shocking figure" Women born in the 1950's are asking if they’ll ever receive compensation for the hardships they’ve faced over the mishandling of their state pension. In 1995 the law was changed to increase women’s state pension age, but many were never informed.
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#WASPI Campaign
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The All Party Parliamentary Group, which has supported us throughout, long ago said compensation at Level 6 on the PHSO scale – that is, £10,000 or more – should be awarded to #WASPI women. (4/5)
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#WASPI Campaign
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These really are three key questions about compensation for #WASPI women that @PaulMaynardUK needs to answer. Thank you for asking them @joannaccherry . It’s a pity the Minister’s reply was considerably less clear than the questions .
@joannaccherry
Joanna Cherry KC
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#WASPI there are 3 clear questions for the UK Government to answer. Women affected by state pension increases should be compensated without further delay, WASPI women must be afforded justice and dignity. #FairandFastCompensation
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#WASPI Campaign
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Can we make it to a quarter of a million people who want to see urgent debate on #WASPI compensation? Add your signature. Please repost.
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#WASPI Campaign
4 months
One for @ITV to work on. 3.6 million #1950swomen affected by proven @DWPgovuk maladministration. Loss of homes, savings, emotional distress and one woman dying every 13 minutes as we wait for compensation. We have case study after case study ready to go.
@MarxMedia
Mark Blacklock 马克·布拉克洛克
4 months
When will some enterprising playwright do a #MrBatesVsThePostOffice to give similar impetus to the campaign for justice for the #WASPI women?
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#WASPI Campaign
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Yet when far more women than men rely on #StatePension for their income, on the cusp of expected retirement #WASPI women were hit with a devastating age hike of up to 6 years. Many #1950swomen plunged into poverty by @DWPgovuk Maladministration. There's no #equality in that.
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#WASPI Campaign
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With the 75th anniversary of the State Pension #WASPI 's Angela Madden says "What is critical is that as the state pension changes in future, no other group is ever put through the turmoil we have been through." #fairandfastcompensation for 1950s women NOW!
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#WASPI Campaign
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An end of week message for #WASPI women from @WASPI_Campaign Chair, Angela Madden
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#WASPI Campaign
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Excellent questioning of @DWPgovuk Minister from @DavidLinden here. As he says #WASPI #1950swomen will be interested in the response - or lack of it from @PaulMaynardUK #FairAndFastCompensation needed by 3.6 million women now.
@DavidLinden
David Linden MP
4 months
🎥 At @CommonsWorkPen , I questioned the Pensions Minister about the PHSO's ongoing investigation into the malpractice of @DWP in respect of 1950s women. ❌No timescale ❌No answers ❌No justice Westminster isn't working.
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#WASPI Campaign
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The government disrespect us. We weren’t in their minds at all when they changed our State Pension Age. It’s only when men’s state pension age changed that they chose to inform #WASPI women. Angela Madden on @TimesRadio
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#WASPI Campaign
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The #WASPI issue mentioned on @BBCBreakfast in a discussion about the gender pension gap. We'd love the opportunity to talk about our issue directly, not just comment on future possibilities. We have seen maladministration by the DWP of our State Pension age increases. Is that…
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