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Waspi campaigners welcome Javid with jeers as he arrives at Scottish Tory conference
Women Against State Pension Inequality protest outside the Scottish Tories conference today

CAMPAIGNERS against state pension inequality barracked Sajid Javid as he arrived at the Scottish Tory conference yesterday — but the Home Secretary walked on by.

Pickets told the Star that one Tory delegate had told them: “You’re living too long” before mockingly blowing them kisses. One activist said this was an instance of sexism which she had reported to the police on duty at the conference centre.

The Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign argues that hundreds of thousands of women born in the 1950s are owed compensation due to their retirement age being raised by up to six years.

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