Your email address will not be published. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Justice for Oladeji Omishore - funding a judicial review of the IOPC, Help stop climate-wrecking gas caverns in Larne Lough, Save university pensions, and save the planet, there was maladministration in DWP's communication about National Insurance qualifying years, there was maladministration in DWP's complaint handling, maladministration in DWP's communication about State Pension age and about National Insurance qualifying years, and its complaint handling. Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) are waiting for a verdict on the state pension compensation as 'cruel rumours' fly on social media adding to the uncertainty over how . Please donate to Westminster Confidential to allow me to continue my forensic journalism, please donate to Westminster Confidential, Your email address will not be published. In its submission to the Ombudsman, the Women All-Party Parliamentary Group suggested they get at least 10,000. The DWP failed to carry out a proper Equality Impact Assessment on its policy implementation of 1995 pension act and subsequent laws this breaches the Public Sector Equality Duty part of the Equality Act. If it is not, the decision will be quashed (overturned so it has no effect) and must then be remade with the Courts judgement in mind. We are the ones who have been totally robbed of our Retirement savings In other words, we disagree profoundly with the Ombudsman about the impact the DWP's maladministration has had on WASPI women. Helpline: 0808 802 2000 (open 09.00 - 17.00 Monday-Friday) Your view about who we represent reveals how little you know about legal challenges and, indeed, how exposed the Maladministration case is without the lost legal representation from Bindmans. During the debate before the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 was submitted to the House . Your card will only be charged if the case meets its target of 100,000 by Mar. Yet currently, Labour's policy recommendations do not feature any steps to tackle the raging pension injustice suffered by thousands of WASPI women across the country. Meanwhile more of us Will die, I seriously need my money now!!! person affected does not want financial compensation we will not recommend it. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The only way we can challenge the Ombudsman's decision is by a Judicial Review. Although Waspi campaigners refused to put a figure on how much compensation they expect, they calculate the average women born in the 1950s lost 50,000 in State Pension after the retirement age for women was hiked from 60 to 66. A former pensions minister has warned the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign (WASPI) that they are likely to receive "tiny bits of compensation" and not the "thousands and thousands" they may be expecting once the Parliamentary Ombudsman has released its final report. After many years of campaigning our demand is for justice in the form of fair and fast compensation before more 1950s women die - and we are not going away, Simpson added. Last year, Waspi women received a huge boost when the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman ruled that the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) should have given more notice of moves to raise their state retirement age. Many women received no notice at all. A decision is expected soon and they are enjoying high level support for their campaign. Grey Swans is now a very different campaign, to gain moral support for creation of a new Over 50s (saves all ages) party, that would grant: We need you to support us by donating whatever you can to fund our case so that we can challenge the Ombudsmans report and get a better financial outcome for 1950s women. Labour was not awarding us, as it was not in their published manifesto. She then explains the profound disappointment we felt on reading the final Stage 2 report in this way: It felt that we were right back where we started, with our experiences disbelieved and the injustices we have suffered inexplicably being decoupled from the maladministration that was their cause. Years on, we are still seeking justice. Our simple, pragmatic ask is that ministers open a dialogue with us about a one-off compensation payment to make up for the financial loss and emotional trauma caused to women . It seems to me that Angela Madden silence on these reports speak volumes? The cost-of-living crisis outlined in Labour's Families First Consultation document is hitting the affected women and their families particularly hard. I may be barking up the wrong tree but its my thinking. It then reverted back to the 2 month rule for year 1954 births onwards. A M silence speaks volumes in my personal opinion. Once a judicial is granted permission, there are further exchanges of evidence and legal argument leading up to a hearing when another High Court Judge (or very occasionally the one who has also granted permission) will hear legal arguments from barristers representing the people who have brought the case, the public body defending the case (here the Ombudsman) and any interested parties. The Government's repayment programme, which launched . If we win, the Ombudsman will have to reconsider his second report and re-write it, properly identify the injustices that the DWP's maladministration has caused and make recommendations for compensation on a proper basis. Provision should be made to pay 1950 and 1960 the difference in lifetime discrimination which is fair and can be calculated. And other illnesses but I really need help with this one it is a .medical conditions but I cant even afford to pay if I had my pension from60 I could have saved it up .ad you get old the government do not care zandra wenzel, Its about time this matter for us waspi women was sorted out once and for all so many of us women including myself have had to use our savings to survive and we are now wanting the government to address this situation and give us women the compensation we all deserve we have struggled but the government just dont care enough to end this once and for all there are women who have died waiting how much longer do we have to suffer. When the Ombudsman comes to a decision on compensation we expect Parliament to accept it without quibbling, and to implement it fairly and without delay. Some have died without getting any State Pension at all. She told the audience that WASPI was still proceeding with a case with the Parliamentary Ombudsman to get compensation. 10,000 is nowhere near what has been stolen from me. World . It is then for the government to decide whether to accept the recommendations. WASPI and #backto60 should unite to lobby both the main parties in UK to recognise that many 50s women will be those suffering from fuel poverty and also the injustice of their treatment in the first place and by governments putting bankers before pensioners. Iam working on this as an individual as I have 20 years of evidence but dont have any money to take a legal case. You can unsubscribe at any time. The 1995 Pensions Act and subsequent 2011 Pensions Act changed the age women would receive their State Pension from 60 to 66. It is pure theft. So it is possible that limited compensation for distress, stress and anxiety may be thought appropriate in some circumstances but not as PHSO points out, where that stress arises from the decision to change the pension age; the Act of Parliament itself. He focuses on six sample complainants (the people discussed in the Stage 1 report). It is because men do not care about the state pension, that so much discrimination was done against us to butcher what little state pension we had, in all governments continually since 1978. Certain women have also suggested they did not receive correspondence the DWP stated it sent out, informing women of the changes to their state pension. We are Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI), women born in the 1950s, fighting for fair compensation for maladministration by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). I would like to point out we were given to believe the new pension would mean we would be better off. It investigates in private, meaning it cannot provide detailed information on its findings until the investigation is complete. Please share this page and donate whatever you can; no sum is too small! Got something to say? While we have strikes left right and centre WASPI strongly agrees with Labour's proposition that families at all generations need security, prosperity and respect. But what happens once we have raised the funds we need? If what you have reported is in any way false then now is the time to for Angela Madden to speak up. Others had to abandon commitments they had made to their families to provide care for grandchildren or elderly relatives, Simpson said. What is happening where you live? The campaign for compensation has been led by the group Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi). The DWP ultimately started its direct mailing campaign to inform them in April 2009, but should have started much sooner. Well look at all the money they have had of these women who worked brought children up paying for child care out of there own wages we didnt get any child care money like these young mums do so its about time this came to a head now drag on for to long the women that have died with no pension bet thats what you in parliament want all of us dead so no compensation good old government agin all the same nothing will ever change its another world in Big old London thats what it is all about the ones with money sod joe bloggs get a grip sort it out we have waited long enough time. When the Government increased the State Pension age by up to six years without giving us proper notice, our retirement plans were shattered, leaving us disempowered and vulnerable. This update charts the way ahead for our case. Waspi hopes to raise 100,000 to challenge the PHSO's decision-making, saying that if just three per cent of the women affected donated 1, they would raise the required sum overnight. "A compensation award of the level sought by Waspi would cost billions," she said, adding it would have to be funded by additional government borrowing, higher taxes or diverting money away. 7 Salary Negotiation Tips From Women Who ve Been There. Several comments on this thread about the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. Our fundraising has been going incredibly well over the weekend: we are now over 60% of the way to our target of the fighting fund needed to get our case into court and moving forward with WASPI adequately protected. We lawfully represent all #50sWomen via our legal team out of our Judicial Review and Tribunal: unlike other self appointed oracles. I said that you obviously misheard 3.6m as 6m and despite others telling you about your mistake you have refused to see that you were wrong and correct it. Simpson said: 1950s women will not be side-lined, they are not a soft touch, and they are not going away.. Wake up & take note whats staring you in the face and whos leading you in the headlong rush to destruction. How can we ensure equalities are at the heart of all of our policies and that equality impact assessments are fully utilised? The issue is at the heart of a campaign led by Women Against State Pension Inequality, or WASPI. 4 Our guidance on financial remedy. They call for the millions of women affected by the change to receive compensation. The Ombudsman is not a court but can recommend compensation where maladministration (defective decision making by government departments) causes injustice. Perhaps youre thinking of a different topic. 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We want a country where families come first, in all of their wonderful diversity, and where all people are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, regardless of their background. Some had to sell or re-mortgage their homes, others had to continue working despite ill health, and others had to abandon commitments they had made to their families to provide care for grandchildren or elderly relatives.. If look at the groups of people you can calculate the lifetime discrimination by facts. No. I think its disgusting the way weve been treated .I have worked all my life 41 years 12 hour shift 7 days a week and paid full stamp and this they we get treated .sham on you all . they are not children. First the spectacle with Bindmans, the split then Connect. GREY SWANS ONLY WAY TO GET 35,000 COMPENSATION and tapered compensation to 1960s ladies. Content of comments is the responsibility of the poster, and their appearance on this website does not imply endorsement by the Labour Party. Waspi women have been working to get MPs onside, and have won support from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Lib Dem leader Ed Davies, as well as Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Plaid Cymru and even some Tory MPs. Some of us were already 58 when the DWP pulled the rug from under us by letting us know far too late that we could not retire and draw a pension at 60 but must instead wait until 66. Delighted to help. At a time when bills are soaring, they are still fighting heroically for justice after changes to the State Pension left them out of pocket., Liberal Democrats want a fair deal for Waspi women, Davey added. It is well known that it was 3.8 million 50sWomen that was affected by SPA increases so for her to mention 6 million she included those who were born in the 60s? Members of the public can go to court to watch the hearing and it may be possible to set up a live stream (we will ask the Court for this). The Ombudsman comments that it is possible that some women among the millions affected by the 1995 Pensions Act may be able to demonstrate they suffered financial loss. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. I travelled Europe by road (yep a female map reader right across the continent), long before you, and we managed to trade with Europe without the political union. The EU has stolen the works and state pensions from pensioners (however long in payment) and still is from the enslaved indebted EU states of southern and eastern Europe. . I am a registered nurse and I had to stop work in 2019 due to ill health and have live off small pittance from DWP its another 2 years I have to wait to get my pension. Many have been scraping by on state benefits, often in poor health, while waiting for their State Pension to kick in finally. The WASPI campaign is calling for an immediate one-off compensation payment of between 11,666 and 20,000, with the most going to women who were given the shortest notice of the longest . This conclusion cannot be reconciled with the Ombudsman's Stage 1 report either, nor with his past practice. She repeated that Keir Starmer was sympathetic and wanted to compensate the women. FURTHER INFORMATION The Women Against State Pension Injustice (Waspi) campaign group has been recruiting senior political figures to support their campaign. In short, it makes a massive difference to the injustice that the maladministration caused. Around 200,000 women could be owed an average of 13,500 after their state pensions were underpaid, new figures reveal. I think the government have been grossly unfair to the waspi women .loads have died saving the government money .we women of the 1950s paid every penny for the state pension to retire at 60 yes. But the WASPI campaign's main bone of contention is that officials failed to give the women affected enough direct warning their state pension age would be increasing from 60 to 65, and then 66. If the Court agrees with us and our legal team that the Ombudsman has made errors, his decisions on the injustice WASPI women suffered will have to be made again, lawfully. sole offer of compensation to 1960s ladies (turning 60 since 2020) The Secretary of State responsible for the DWP is likely to do so, for example. The DWP has fought back, pointing out that the Government decided to equalise the State Pension age for men and women more than 25 years ago, as a long-overdue move towards gender equality. People can and do make mistakes and yes the sound may not have been good but at least have the decency to admit your mistake. resurrect fully public NHS, During the 2019 general election, then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the country owed a "moral debt" to Waspi woman and promised them an average payment of 15,380. Last year, the Waspi campaign received a huge boost when the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman ruled that the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) should have given them more notice of moves to raise their state retirement age. The Ombudsman will, in this instance, use what is known as the Severity of Injustice scale to determine the six levels of injustice a complaint may fall into. Its even affected what was before a happy marriage, but because I cant accept it, my husband is exaperated with me being continually miserable. Like so many of us Women the struggle is not over far from it ! They are fighting a losing case with any colour of Government just like the 500,000 Frozen UK pensioners who are fighting for parity with the current rates of UK State Pensions. Grey Swans campaign is not to any elected political type at all, but for moral support, please, for creation of our new Over 50s (saves all ages) party that offers, when in new government by your kind votes at next general election: 35,000 compensation to 1950s ladies It seems WaSpi lemmings do what lemmings do. 448.12 per week state pension for all pensioners, old and new, including the frozen pensioner Brit Expats abroad. Benefit Calculator - WASPI - Women Against State Pension Inequality News -Public Resources (Public) Benefit Calculator 24th March 2020 77440 Although we're not qualified to give pensions or benefits advice, we think the link below may be helpful for people who are not sure about their benefit entitlement: Entitledto Benefit Calculator This test will tell you, Do you think you're smarter than an 11 year old? For higher wages. First of all the PHSOs scale of Injustice has 6 levels Level 6 which is what the APPG support allows a payment of 10,000 or more. Angela Madden never said 6m 50s and 60s women. 24, 2023, 7 p.m. We must be compensated each and every woman born on the 1950s who were not awarded a pension refund. Check out the website PHSO the true story. The Mirror has it correct with 3.6m women being mentioned. Waspi claims that while the 1995 Conservative government's Pension Act included plans to increase the women's state pension age to 65 - the same as men's - the changes were implemented . You dont get carers allowance if you have state pension, Thanks David for all that you do we are lucky to have you on our side. Now we must seek it from the High Court. We know how much DWP maladministration has cost us and now the @PHSOmbudsman gets it wrong too! She said failure to give 1950s women proper notice of the changes to their pension age had disastrous results. Discrimination by age needs to be taken to High Court, by the retired sections of trade unions and Age UK and National Pensioners Convention. Some had to sell or re-mortgage their homes, while others had to continue working despite ill health.. I will change the reference to 10,000 .I checked my notes of the meeting which records thats Angela mentioned six million people not three million in her introduction when she talked about fair compensation in a one off payment. Thank you fighting our corner. WASPI - Effects of Women's Pension Changes.xlsx Author: 718ttpr Created Date: 20161109084036Z . BackTo60 is a campaign to get CEDAW international treaty on the rights of women and girls into UK domestic law and then ask for a temporary special measure to pay compensation to the 1950s ladies. We have read and reread the Ombudsmans reasons for taking the approach he has to injustice and we simply cannot understand it, We understand the Courts role is limited in a case like this one: it is there to ensure the Ombudsman is put back on track if he has become derailed legally. Saturday, 4th March 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. There is no appeal against an Ombudsman decision. 22 per cent pay rise for nurses and Junior Doctors, Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd is a campaign group fighting for fair compensation for the maladministration by the DWP in not properly informing 1950s women of State Pension Age changes. State pension age changes Liberal Democrats pledge support for WASPI . Something went wrong, please try again later. Meanwhile WASPI is hard at work raising the money needed to make the issuing the legal claim possible through CrowdJustice. They call themselves Waspi women, which stands for Women Against State Pension Injustice, and refuse to give up the fight. Waspi and Backto60 should be working together. we have been increasingly dying quicker in retirement and