Government confirms no compensation for WASPI women over state pension age changes

DWP finds communication delays did not amount to financial loss

Martin Richmond
clock • 4 min read

The government has confirmed it will not be paying compensation to women against state pension inequality (Waspi) women, following the findings of a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO).

The PHSO's report – published in March – found thousands of WASPI women may have been affected by the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) failure to inform them the state pension age had changed. It followed the publication of the first stage of its investigation in July 2021, which showed there had been failings in the way the DWP had communicated the changes to women's state pension age for women born or after 6 April 1950. The ombudsman's report, which investigated a sample of six complainants, found the DWP had provided accurate information between 1995 and 2004. It also showed D...

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