DWP urged to consider ‘alternative resolution process’ for WASPI women

An estimated 3.8 million women across Great Britain missed out on State Pension payments due to a change in retirement age. Between April 2010 and November 2018, it rose from 60 to 65 for women, and in October 2020 it increased to 66 for both men and women.

In a written response earlier this week, DWP Pensions Minister Laura Trott MP said: “The equalisation of State Pension age has been the policy of successive governments dating back to 1995. In recent months, several MPs have called for action to be taken before the Ombudsman publishes its final findings, including SNP’s Patricia Gibson. Last month, the North Ayrshire and Arran MP urged the UK Government to work with the WASPI women once the Ombudsman investigation is completed. She paid tribute to the “dogged determination” of women born in the 1950s who continue to “campaign against the injustice they have suffered” due to changes made to the State Pension age.

"I pay tribute to the dogged determination of the WASPI women to campaign against the injustice they have suffered.

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