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UK rules out compensation for women affected by state pension age changes

FT.com Tuesday, 17 December 2024 ()
Liz Kendall says decision not to give payouts to so-called Waspi women is ‘difficult’ but ‘right course of action’
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The government has refused to pay compensation to the millions of women in their 60s who were not properly informed of changes in the state pension age. Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall said the "great majority of women knew the state pension age was increasing" and that a state-funded pay-out...

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