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Dozens of MPs unanimously called for a timetable of a planned compensation scheme for women born in the 1950s who have been affected by changes to the State Pension age, during a debate on the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s final report last week.
Ms Baillie said: “One of the greatest impact issues for 1950s WASPI women is their inability to plan and their lives being kind of turned up on their heads when they thought they were going to be able to retire and look after their grandchildren, all of those things. Top Money Stories Today Earlier in the meeting, Mel Stride said he did not yet have a timeline for responding to the PHSO’s report. He told the Committee he was still working through some of the issues thrown up by the report published on March 21.
Latest WASPI News However, a July election is earlier than many in Westminster had expected, with a contest in October or November widely thought to have been more likely and it could also have an immediate knock-on effect for pending legislation and upcoming cross-party committee meetings.
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