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Government could face vote on Waspi ‘betrayal’
Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners stage a protest outside the Houses of Parliament, London, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget, October 30, 2024

THE Labour government could face a parliamentary showdown on its Waspi “betrayal” as opposition parties rally to force a vote.

Despite a high-profile campaign which won full backing from Labour under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, and support from a host of future cabinet ministers since — including Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall and the Prime Minister himself —  Ms Kendall on Tuesday ruled out any compensation for women born in the 1950s who had lost out as pension ages were raised to that of men in a process that began in 1995. 

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rebecca Hilsenrath, who judged in March that errors had been made and recommended a £10.5 billion government compensation package, told Times radio she “didn’t expect” a public body to admit it “got it wrong but then refuse to make it right for those affected.”

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