""The government has kicked the can down the road for months, only to arrive at exactly the same conclusion it always wanted. This is a disgraceful political choice by a small group of very powerful people who have decided the harm suffered by millions of ordinary women simply does not matter.""
""utter contempt""
""could have been sent earlier""
Ministers again refused to pay compensation to women affected by changes to the state pension age, concluding compensation was neither justified nor affordable after revisiting the issue following a previously unseen document. Campaigners say around 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not properly informed about equalising the state pension age with men. Waspi said the decision showed "utter contempt" for those affected. The government says the majority were aware due to public information campaigns via leaflets, GP surgeries, television, radio, cinemas and online channels. Many women say they only discovered the changes late in life, leaving little time to adjust financially. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman recommended compensation of between £1,000 and £2,950 after finding maladministration, but the Ombudsman cannot compel the government to act.
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