Waspi women threaten the government with legal actions for refusing to pay compensation | Politics news

Waspi activists have threatened legal actions against the Government unless they reconsider their decision to reject compensation.

In December, the government said it would Do not compensate millions of women Born in the 1950s, known as Waspi women, who say that they were not given enough warning of the state pension age for women who rose from 60 to 65 years.

It should be eliminated in more than 10 years as of 2010, but in 2011 it was accelerated to be reached in 2018, then it reached 66 years in 2020.

A guardian dog had recommended that Compensation will be paid to those affectedBut Sir Keir Starmer said at that time that taxpayers could not pay what could have been a package of £ 10.5 billion.

On Monday, Waspi’s campaign said he had sent a “letter before the action” to the Department of Labor and Pensions (DWP) warning the government of the procedures of the Superior Court if measures are not taken.

Angela Madden, president of the Waspi campaign group (women against the inequality of state pensions), said that members will not allow the “gas lighting” of the victims of the DWP to be “without suspending.”

She said: “The Government has accepted that women born in the 1950s are victims of poor administration, but now it says that none of us suffered any injustice. We believe that this is not only an indignation but legally wrong.

“We have been successful before and we are sure that we will be again. But what would be better for everyone is whether the Secretary of State (Liz Kendall) now watched meaning and came to the table to solve a compensation package.

“The alternative is the continuous defense of the indefensible, but this time in front of a judge.”

The group has launched a Croite Justice campaign of £ 75,000 to finance legal actions, and said the government has 14 days to respond before the case is presented.

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In the mid -1990s, the Government approved a law to increase retirement age for women for a period of 10 years to be equal to men.

The Liberal Conservative Democratic Coalition Government in early 2010 with David Cameron and Nick Clegg accelerated the schedule as part of its cost reduction measures.

In 2011, a new pension law was introduced that not only shortened the calendar to increase the age of women’s pension to 65 for two years, but also raised the general pension age to 66 in October 2020, saving the Government around £ 30 billion.

Around 3.6 million women in the United Kingdom were affected, since many complained that they were not properly notified of the changes and some only received letters on this 14 years after the approval of the legislation.

While in opposition, Rachel Reeves, now the Foreign Minister, and Liz Kendall, now secretary of pensions, were among several labor parliamentarians who supported the Waspi women campaign.

The now chancellor He said in a 2016 debate that women affected by the increase in the age of state pensions had “done and injustice” and urged the government to “think again.”

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A government spokesman said: “We accept the discovery of the Ombudsman of Mala administration and we have apologized for having a 28 -month delay in writing to women born in the 1950s.

“However, the evidence showed that only one in four people remembered having read and having received letters that did not expect and that by 2006, 90% of women born in the 1950s knew that the state pension age was changing .

“The previous letters would not have affected this. For these and other reasons, the government cannot justify paying a compensation scheme of £ 10.5 billion at the expense of the taxpayer.”