'Cruel' Waspi decision 'amounts to declaration of war on OAPs'

BACKLASH AFTER GOVERNMENT VETOES WOMEN'S PENSION PAYOUT

- BY STEPH SPYRO Deputy Political Editor

Mrs Madden, on the left, have blanketed the government's ruling

CAMPAIGNERS say ministers are treating Waspi women with “utter contempt” by refusing for a second time to compensate them over changes to the state pension age.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden yesterday said the government would not pay those born in the 1950s up to £2,950 each.

The sum was suggested by Parliament’s watchdog because Whitehall botched telling the women they would have to work an extra six years.

Angela Madden, chair of Women Against State Pension Inequality, said: “Ministers have demonstrated their utter contempt for 1950s-born women, for Parliament and for the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

“The government has kicked the can down the road for months, only to arrive at exactly the same conclusion it has always wanted to.

“This is a disgraceful political choice by a small group of very powerful people who have decided the harm and injustice suffered by millions of ordinary women simply does not matter.”