‘I’m a WASPI woman and this is how much George Osborne’s pension change cost me’ | Personal Finance | Finance [Video]

A WASPI woman has won over 24,000 likes for a TikTok post slamming an increase in the state pension age that has cost her £42,000.

June Slater, one of the many campaigners for the more than 3 million women who lost out, said the move has taken billions out of their purses.

As a result, many have had to continue working despite ill health, while others have been plunged into poverty.

The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign group is demanding compensation after they lost out when the official retirement age was increased from 60 to 66.

Last month, they won support from an official report of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) which ruled there was a failure to properly notify the 3.8 million women involved.

It suggested these women might be due compensation of £1,000-£2,950, however neither the Conservatives nor Labour have made any commitment to pay up amid a squeeze on government finances.

Mrs …