Sir Keir Starmer has defended his government's decision not to pay compensation to Waspi women following backlash. The prime minister stressed he could not further "burden" the taxpayers despite the government apologising for delays in sending out letters informing them the state pension age was...
Rachel Reeves says she can understand why women affected by changes to the state pension age will feel "disappointed", but adds that paying an "expensive compensation bill" was not the best use of..
It comes after the winter fuel payment was axed.
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