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Compensating Waspi women 'not fair or value for money' - minister

Sky News Tuesday, 17 December 2024 ()
Compensating Waspi women 'not fair or value for money' - ministerSir Keir Starmer has defended a decision not to compensate women affected by changes to their retirement age - saying doing so would "burden" the taxpayer.
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 The homelessness minister says compensating Waspi women over changes to the state pension age "wouldn't be an appropriate use of taxpayers' money". Rushanara Ali adds the government "recognises this is going to be disappointing for women born in the 50s", but that Labour remains committed to the...

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