CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a parliamentary vote on compensating Waspi women after those affected were again told they will not receive payments.

A new letter-writing campaign led by Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) is pressing the government to allow MPs to vote on the issue.

Campaigners are urging supporters to contact their local representatives and demand a debate in Parliament.

Last week, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said: “The evidence shows that the vast majority of 1950s-born women already knew the state pension age was increasing thanks to a wide range of public information, including through leaflets, education campaigns, information in GP surgeries, on TV, radio, cinema and online.”

He said a wider flat-rate compensation scheme “would simply not be right or fair,” adding that compensating only those who suffered injustice “would require a scheme that could reliably verify the individual circumstances of millions of women.”

A previous refusal to offer redress was reviewed after the rediscovery of a 2007 DWP evaluation.

Waspi chairwoman Angela Madden said: “There must be a binding vote on compensation in government time so all our elected representatives can have their say.”