Official
#WASPI
Campaign - Women Against State Pension Inequality campaigning against unfair changes to State Pension Age imposed on women born in the 50s
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
“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”
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.
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
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
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
#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.
#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
.
@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.
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.
“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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
Ex-
#DWP
Minister
@DavidGauke
is remarkably ill-informed. We have never asked, or sought in court, for
#StatePension
age to revert to 60. Ignorance is one thing but an ex-Justice Sec urging Govt to ignore findings of its own watchdog beggars belief.
#WASPI
"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
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.
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
@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…
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?
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.
#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…
@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! 🎥
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…
Unacceptable. Parliament’s own watchdog has said that compensation is due, but
@UKLabour
and
@Conservatives
both refuse to commit to compensating
#WASPI
women
What’s so difficult
@MelJStride
? The Ombudsman has made it clear that
#WASPI
women are due compensation. Just get on with it. Any delay is “undue delay”.
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.
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
“
@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
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.
“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
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…
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
🧵
@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/
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.
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
.
@Jeremy_Hunt
Do not conflate
#WASPI
maladministration proven by
@PHSOmbudsman
with failed court case to revert pension age to 60. They are entirely different.
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
.
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…
"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.
.
@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…
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.
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.
"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.
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)
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 .
#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
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.
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.
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!
🎥 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.
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
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…