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As Chair of the APPG on State Pension Inequality for Women, I have joined MPs from ten parties in asking the Prime Minister to meet campaign representatives and set out a plan this autumn. Colleagues across Parliament stand ready to support progress on this long-running issue.2/2
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The Parliamentary Ombudsman found that failures to properly inform 1950s-born women about changes to the State Pension age caused injustice. I welcome the Prime Minister’s renewed commitment to explore routes to fair redress. 1/2
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Well done @WASPI_Campaign 💜
A busy time at the Labour Conference. Clockwise from top left MPs Neil Duncan-Jordan, (Poole), Chris Evans (Caerphilly), Brian Leishman (Alloa and Grangemouth), and Paul Foster (South Ribble), all welcomed to the #WASPI stand this week.
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During summer, Solent #WASPI women met New Forest East MP Sir Julian Lewis, Co-Vice Chair of APPG on State Pension Inequality, to discuss this injustice. Will you meet your MP this recess?
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"Andy Burnham said he's a man of the people, and we are the people" says Angela Madden on BBC Breakfast talking about waiting to meet with the Prime Minister on the subject of redress for #WASPI women which he has always supported. #JusticeForWASPI #AndyBurnham youtu.be/AqmxdOCUQFA?si=AEdx…
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Well said Angela and Janet! #WASPI_Campaign notgivingup… 💜
"We're taxpayers, we shouldn't be at the bottom of the pile all the time. Is it because we're women, is it because we're old?" We are as deserving as any other cause which has been wronged by a government department." waspi.co.uk/waspi-on-bbc-bre… #WASPI #JusticeForWASPI
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Absolutely #WASPICampaign 👍
Jeremy Vine asked what should be in Andy Burnham's in-tray? Compensation for WASPI women of course, in line with the Ombudsman's findings. The Ombudsman is the Government's gatekeeper. His decisions should be complied with.
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Independent watchdogs exist because governments should not mark their own homework. If ministers dismiss findings of injustice simply because they are inconvenient or expensive, confidence in public accountability is weakened for everyone. Today’s issue is state pension age communication. Tomorrow it could be another injustice affecting another group of citizens. #WASPI waspi.co.uk/angela-madden-in…
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#Waspi_Campaign Pat McFadden should hear the often heartbreaking testimony of WASPI ladies! See you in court DWP.
‘On 29 January 2026, 1950s-born women were told by the new Secretary of State, Pat McFadden, that hardly any of us have suffered injustice despite years of DWP delay in sending us letters to tell us about changes in our state pension ages and that none of us will be compensated despite the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) forcefully proposing that should happen after its longest-running investigation.’ We refuse to accept that the government should get away with ignoring its own watchdog in this way. If they can do it to #WASPI women it opens the floodgates to do it to anyone that suffers an injustice. Please help us reach our target today on our CrowdJustice appeal here : crowdjustice.com/case/justic…
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#Waspi_Campaign says ‘stand with us as you never know when you may need an ombudsman to fight your corner against the Government’. So donate to our cause now to make sure an ombudsman is there for you!
By standing together with our families, friends & supporters, #WASPI women can have our day in court & make the Government answer to a Judge about its shameful response to the Ombudsman’s report. Please help by donating & sharing our Crowdjustice appeal. crowdjustice.com/case/justic…
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#Waspi_Campaign have been left with only one option, court action! Please donate to the cause to support 3.6 million women born in the 1950s whose State Pension was subject to Maladministration by the DWP.
A Government that rejects the evidence of its own independent watchdog. A Government that repeatedly rejects Mediation. When faced with such intransigence, we have only one option - Court. Please help & donate to our legal fighting fund. #WASPI crowdjustice.com/case/justic…
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The Government's shocking defiance of its own independent watchdog cannot go unchallenged. #WASPI women are fighting back @newsaboutwomen Please help us by sharing our fighting fund appeal so that we can challenge this in court. Thank you. crowdjustice.com/case/justic…
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Thank you for your support for #WASPI women @MichaelRosenYes! Shame on the government that we must fight in court for justice….again… as they defy their own watchdog.
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Don’t let the government diminish the work of their own Parliamentary watchdog as it’s trying to do against #WASPI_Campaign! If you need help against the government who will be there if the Ombudsman isn’t? Support #Waspi
If the Govt can ignore the Ombudsman over #WASPI injustice, they can ignore them again and again in future. Don’t let them get away with this. Help support #WASPI’s legal fighting fund. Donate here: crowdjustice.com/case/justic…
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