WASPI Compensation

The government has now decided not to compensate WASPI women. This would have been a difficult decision for any government, but it brings shame on both Labour and the Conservatives. The Conservatives deliberately slowed the process to leave the controversy for the next government, and Labour has made the wrong call.

The new government didn’t need to turn its back on millions of pension-age women who were wronged through no fault of their own, ignoring the independent Ombudsman’s recommendations, especially after they took away winter fuel payments from so many.

The Conservatives left our economy in a shambles, but asking wronged pensioners to pay the price of their mismanagement is simply wrong.
For years, my Liberal Democrat colleagues and I have pushed the government to fairly compensate WASPI women in line with the Ombudsman’s recommendations.

The government’s heartless decision cannot be allowed to stand, and we will be pressing ministers to give those affected the fair treatment they deserve.