Eastleigh MP says WASPI women should not wait longer for justice
Ministers say new evidence means they’re reconsidering awarding compensation to them
Eastleigh's Lib Dem MP, Liz Jarvis, is calling on the Government to move quickly and reconsider providing a scheme of compensation for the WASPI women.
Ministers say new evidence means they are looking at the situation again.
It relates to women born in the 1950s, whose state pension age was raised to match men's.
It's thought this relates to more than three and a half million people.
Ms Jarvis, who sits as the Vice Chair of the State Pension Inequality for Women APPG, has been a vocal supporter of the women impacted by changes to the state pension age.
Liz Jarvis, Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, said:
“I welcome the news that the Government is going to review evidence and look again at this issue. The thousands of women in my constituency impacted by the changes to the state pension age and across the country have waited too long for justice.
“Many of the women in my constituency who were impacted found themselves in dire circumstances with little to live on. They were forced to take low-paid jobs to make ends meet, and in some cases, they turned to food banks. These women feel betrayed. Telling them that 90% of them knew about the changes, when the ombudsman found that that was not the case, is gaslighting. The Government must make this right and not continue to kick the can down the road”.