Waspi campaigners call payout denial ‘a cruel blow to a generation of women’

Waspi campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London - (PA Wire)

Campaigners called the government’s decision not to compensate the millions of women affected by the way changes to the state pension age were communicated “bizarre and totally unjustified”.

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall rejected calls for the individuals to be awarded between £1,000 and £2,950 each, adding the government does not believe it to be a fair use of taxpayers’ money.