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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rupert Jones

Thousands of UK women owed pension payout after ombudsman’s Waspi ruling

A Women for State Pension Injustice Protest, known as Waspi.
Women Against State Pension Injustice, known as Waspi, protesting in Manchester in 2021. Photograph: Andy Barton/Rex/Shutterstock

Thousands of women, potentially hundreds of thousands, are owed compensation because of government failings related to the way changes to the state pension age were made, a long-awaited official report has said.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said those affected should be compensated. But the recommended payouts of between £1,000 and £2,950 a person fall far short of the £10,000-plus that campaigners were calling for.

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