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Fury as government ‘owes WASPI woman £48,000’ amid budget nightmare | United Kingdom | News
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Fury as government ‘owes WASPI woman £48,000’ amid budget nightmare | United Kingdom | News

TO WASPI The woman has demanded the Government pay her £48,000 amid fury over Rachel Reeves disdain women who demand compensation for not having been informed of changes in the state pension age.

The Chancellor announced compensation packages worth more than £13 billion for victims of the Post Office Horizon and infected blood scandals in her Budget on Wednesday (October 30).

But the more than three million women affected by state pension who went from 60 in 2010 to 65 in 2015 did not receive any mention despite Labor having promised to help them.

Women against State pension Inequality (WASPI), who argue that changes to the retirement age were not effectively communicated to them, organized protests on Budget day to highlight their plight and demand action from ministers.

Teresa Stoddart, 70, from Huyton, Merseyside, said she and her family have lost almost £50,000 due to the policy change.

Mrs Stoddart, speaking at a protest in Liverpool, said: “We want what is rightfully ours. I lost £48,000. How am I going to get that money back? I’ve already paid. National insurance contributions paid for our pensions. Never, ever, “I will never stop fighting because I feel it is a right.”

The daughter of seven explained that she had been planning to receive her pension in 2014 when she received a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions in 2012 telling her she would have to wait another six years.

she told him Liverpool Echo: “I wanted to retire at 60 to take care of my grandchildren. My children, who all work in the public sector, could not afford to take care of their children.

“With a great financial loss for me, I had to semi-retire and take care of my grandchildren.”

To date, ministers have not committed to compensating Teresa and the millions of women in similar positions despite a report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman recommending those affected receive between £1,000 and £2,995.

In 1995, the Pension Law included plans to increase the State pension the age of women up to 65 years, similar to that of men. This figure was increased to 66 for both sexes under the Pensions Act 2007.

WASPI supports making the retirement age the same for men and women, but maintains that the way the change was introduced did not leave “time” for women to plan for the future.

Angela Madden, who chairs the campaign group, said The telegraph: “The affected women have been vindicated by the report of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

“Parliament must compensate all women affected, but months later we still have not received an official response from the Labor Party.”

The Department for Work and Pensions has been contacted for comment.