Fears are mounting that a decision on compensation payments to millions of Waspi women has been ‘kicked into the long grass’. There were hopes that the Chancellor would make an announcement about the money on offer in the Budget on Wednesday, however the government was silent on the issue.
The government has announced two compensation schemes, totalling more than £11 billion, for the thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal and the Post Office sub-postmasters wrongly accused of theft.
At the same time, Rachel Reeves took a swipe at the last Conservative government for announcing compensation schemes without actually providing any funding to support the pay-outs.
However, there was nothing said at all about payments to the Waspi women, while a senior government minister has only promised that a decision will be announced at some unspecified time in the future, which could be next April or potentially 12 months’ …