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Report finds WASPI women must be awarded compensation

A petition demanding an urgent parliamentary debate on compensation for the WASPI women has reached 200,000 signatures.

The petition was launched less than two weeks ago on Change.org by Angela Madden, the chair of Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI).

It was started in response to both Labour and the Conservatives failing to commit to paying compensation, despite a damning report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) last month.

The report confirmed the Ombudsman did find a failure by the DWP, noting that “too many” people didn’t understand how the new state pension affected them personally and ruled that “women affected are owed compensation payments”.

The ombudsman highlighted that the DWP has never officially acknowledged any failings regarding WASPI women’s state pensions.

The report confirmed the Ombudsman did find a failure by the DWP. (Image: Getty)

The original WASPI campaign was launched by women who were affected when the state …