LIB DEMS MOVE PARLIAMENTARY MOTION IN SUPPORT OF WASPI WOMEN

Thousands of women in Rochale, Heywood, and Middleton have suffered significant financial loss due to maladministation by the Department of Work and Pensions, according to a report by the Ombudsman into the way that the change in the pension age of women from 60 to 65 was handled. The final report was published in May 2024 and recommended 1950s women are owed compensation.2024 General Election campaign.

Wendy Chamberlain, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Work and Pensions, has today tabled a Parliamentary motion calling for the new Government to honour the recommendations of the Ombudsman. With more than one hundred 1950s women dying each day, many of whom suffering and dying without compensation, the Liberal Democrats are once again calling on the Government to urgently implement a compensation plan following the Ombudsman’s recommendations.

Wendy Chamberlain MP commented that “To say WASPI women have waited long enough for compensation is an understatement. The DWP have had plenty of time to act on the first report’s findings over three years ago, and plenty of time after the final report too. It is truly disgraceful that a proper compensation scheme has not already been put in place and I hope that the new Government will act with the urgency with which compensation is needed."