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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Labour MPs say not compensating Waspi women undermines trust in politics

Waspi campaigners stage a protest in October 2024 as Rachel Reeves delivered the Labour Government’s budget (Jordan Petitt/PA) - (PA Media)

Labour MPs have told the Government the decision not to award compensation to women affected by changes in the pension age will undermine trust in politics and would be “abandoning” them.

A parliamentary debate heard MPs had pledged to help women born in the 1950s, whose pension age had risen, to get financial redress during last year’s general election campaign.

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