The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a new update over a change to the State Pension age following a long campaign by activists.
WASPI (Women Against State Pensione Inequality) has been working on behalf of people who have been caught out by changes to the system. The group has been calling for a one-off compensation payment valued between £11,666 and £20,000 for everyone who was not given enough warning by the DWP that the State Pension age was going up from 60 to 66.
The change to the pension age for women was legislated in 1995, however, the change wasn't discussed with those affected until 2012. The issue led to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) to find the DWP guilty of maladministration.
