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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Heather Stewart

Anger greets UK government decision not to compensate ‘Waspi women’

Protestors from the Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) group.
Protestors from the Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) group. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Campaigners for “Waspi women” hit by the rising state pension age reacted with fury on Tuesday, after work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, announced they will not be compensated by the taxpayer.

Kendall told MPs the government accepted the parliamentary and health service ombudsman’s findings earlier this year that her department had failed to communicate the changes adequately.

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