New call for debate on WASPI campaign findings into impact of State Pension age changes on women
dailyrecord.co.ukThe SNP’s Patricia Gibson has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament for MPs to debate the “devastating impact of continuing unfair pension treatment of 1950s-born WASPI women (Women Against State Pension Inequality).
The North Ayrshire and Arran MP is also urging the UK Government to “respond promptly” to the findings from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) report into the way the changes to the State Pension age were communicated.
The Shadow SNP spokesperson for environment, farming, agriculture and rural affairs is also calling for the UK Government to make it clear that it will “recognise and recompense the injustices and suffering caused to WASPI women, of which one dies every thirteen minutes”.
The WASPI campaign recently announced that over 250,000 women affected by State Pension age changes have died since their fight for justice began in 2015.
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