Taxpayers can't fund payouts for Waspi women, Starmer says

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Waspi campaigners say they will keep fighting on pensions after the government rejects compensation.

Following PMQs, a No 10 spokesman said that since winning the election, the government had "had the chance" to look at the ombudsman's report, which said the women "faced no direct financial loss as a result of the delays".

Earlier, Conservative shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith also said the decision was "a betrayal", adding that Cabinet ministers had "queued up, had their photo taken with Waspi women, talked about how they were going to remedy that injustice.

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Published On: 2024-12-18 @ 16:57:39 (3 days ago)

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