Angela Madden, chair of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign, expressed outrage over the government's decision, stating, "This is a bizarre and totally unjustified move which will leave everyone asking what the point of an ombudsman is if ministers can simply ignore their decisions. It feels like a decision that would make the likes of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump blush."
Liz Kendall, while acknowledging that her department failed to communicate adequately regarding the rising state pension age, rejected the ombudsman's compensation recommendation: "Given the vast majority of women knew the state pension age was increasing, the government does not believe paying a flat rate to all women at a cost of up to 10.5bn would be fair or proportionate to taxpayers."
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