Responding to the Government’s announcement* that it would not be offering financial compensation to women affected by changes to the state pension age, Siân Berry MP for Brighton Pavilion said:
“This is a very harsh decision, admitting wrongdoing but offering a bitter dose of nothing to a generation of women, caught out by this, who faced so many hurdles and prejudices in respect of their careers and earnings.
“I have so much respect for the brave WASPI women campaigners who, for nearly a decade, have campaigned hard on behalf of millions who were let down by this maladministration, just to be let down again today.
“The Government should reconsider this decision and look at how it can also do more to help women born in the 1950s win the same security in retirement as enjoyed by their male counterparts.”
*Response to PHSO report on communication of changes to women’s State Pension age [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/response-to-phso-report-on-communication-of-changes-to-womens-state-pension-age]