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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Corbett and Christopher McKeon

Andy Burnham backtracks on paying compensation to Waspi women

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has ruled out compensating women campaigning over changes to the state pension age, despite earlier signalling he could be open to the multibillion-pound spending commitment.

Speaking at a hustings in Makerfield on Wednesday, Mr Burnham expressed his “uncomfortableness” with politicians who had supported the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign but then failed to deliver.

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