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Waspi campaigners threaten government with legal action over compensation | State pensions

Actors threatened the government with legal action unless they reconsidered their decision to exclude “WASPI” (women's women for state pension inequality).

Last March, the Council and the Health Services Ombudsman recommended that women born in the 1950s should pay compensation.

In December, the government announced there was no compensation for the group. Keir Starmer acknowledged the concerns raised by lawmakers about the government's decision, but he said at the time: Pounds of compensation. ”

The WASPI Campaign has sent a “pre-action letter” to the Workers and Pensions Bureau (DWP), warning a warning of a High Court lawsuit if the issue is not resolved.

Group chair Angela Madden said members would not allow Waspi female DWP “gaslight” to challenge.

She writes: “The government accepts that women born in the 1950s are victims of villains, but now none of us suffer from injustice. This is not just anger, but legally wrong. I believe that it is.

“We've been successful before and we're sure we'll be there again. But what's good for everyone is that the Secretary of State saw the senses and came to the table to sort out the compensation package. It's the case.

“The alternative is the ongoing defense of vulnerable people, but this time in front of the judge.”

Prime Minister Rachel Reeves and Labour and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall were among the senior ministers who supported the WASPI campaign when Labour opposed.

Around 3.6 million women in the UK were affected by gradual changes, and ranked the retirement ages first announced in 1995 with men. In 2011, the Union government increased the equalization process.

Actors argue that women suffered financial difficulties and had to reconsider their retirement plans.

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Brian Leishman was one of 10 Labour MPs who supported the bill introduced by the SNP. Leishman said the next British government could become a “hard far-right effort” if labor did not provide a “improved standard of living.”

A government spokesperson said: “I accepted the discovery of the Ombudsman's Maladomination and apologized for a 28-month delay in writing to a woman born in the 1950s.

“However, the evidence shows that only one in four remembers reading or receiving letters they didn't expect, and that by 2006 women were born in the 1950s. 90% of the states showed they knew that pension age was changing.

“The previous letters would not have affected this. For these and other reasons, the government cannot justify paying the £10.5 billion compensation scheme at the expense of taxpayers.”

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