New call for debate to give Waspi women affected by State Pension age change 'justice they deserve'
10.03.2023 - 13:03
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of “incompetence” and sending out incorrect information about the State Pension age by Labour’s Andrew Gwynne. The Denton and Reddish MP called for justice for women born in the 1950s who have been affected by changes to their State Pension age.
Mr Gwynne spoke about the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign group during a session of business questions in the House of Commons. He told MPs: “Yesterday I met other 1950s-born women in the pouring rain on Parliament square. The all-party parliamentary group on State Pension inequality for women also took evidence from BackTo60 and CEDAWinLAW. These women are not going away.
“The Leader of the House [Penny Mordaunt] knows that the ombudsman has already found maladministration relating to the 1950s women, but why is the Department for Work and Pensions still sending out letters with incorrect information? I have one here from 12 January 2023, saying that the State Pension age is 60 for a woman and 65 for a man.”
He then called for a debate “in Government time on the incompetence of the Department for Work and Pensions and on how we can get the WASPI women the justice they deserve”.
Penny Mordaunt responded: “This is a complex situation and that different categories of women in that group are affected in different ways.
“DWP questions is a little way off. If he could pass that particular example to my office, I will raise this with the Department. Clearly, if incorrect information is going out, that needs to be rectified swiftly.”
Women expecting to retire at 60 were told they would have to wait longer for their State Pension when changes to the system were accelerated in 2010.
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