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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

MP likens Government to flat-earthers over refusal to compensate Waspi women

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has been likened to flat-earthers by one of its own MPs, over its refusal to compensate women affected by state pension age changes.

Labour’s Rebecca Long Bailey said the arguments against compensation for the 1950s-born women are “bizarre” and akin to those made by people who believe the Earth is flat.

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