Will the government "do the right thing" for the Waspi campaigners?
This Is Why
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🗓️ 21 March 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said the women who were born in the 1950s didn't get their pension when they expected because they didn't know about the reforms.
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The PHSO report added that they are "owed" money by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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It criticised the department, claiming it has "clearly indicated that it will refuse to comply... this is unacceptable".
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On this episode, Niall Paterson explains why the pension reforms were pushed through quicker than initially planned by the then coalition government and discusses the proposals for compensation and whether the payouts are likely to happen.
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He's joined by Sky correspondent Shamaan Freeman-Powell and one of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaigners, Michele Carlile.Â
Producer: Sydney PeadÂ
Assistant producer: Iona BrunkerÂ
Interviews producer: Melissa Tutesigensi-CharlesÂ
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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| 0:30.1 | Easter eggs? |
| 0:31.0 | M&S, of course. |
| 0:32.2 | I mean, the new chalk marks egg, with salted pretzel pieces and honey almond new guy is pretty spectacular and what |
| 0:39.1 | about the big daddy loaded half egg filled with caramel and peanut chunks and dark chocolate pieces |
| 0:45.2 | or the Swiss chocolate crispy cloud egg with crunchy corn flakes salted caramel and |
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| 0:56.4 | This is not just food. This is M&S food. Selected stores. |
| 1:01.7 | They've become known as the Waspies, the women against state pension inequality. |
| 1:07.3 | That group born in the 1950s, adversely affected by increases in the state pension age, |
| 1:13.1 | which themselves were introduced because of our ageing population. |
| 1:16.8 | The Wasseby argument was that the Department for Working Pensions didn't fully communicate these changes to them, |
| 1:23.3 | causing stress and anxiety, in many cases leaving plans for retirement in tatters and even making some destitute. |
| 1:31.8 | Now a new and long-awaited report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has agreed with them |
| 1:37.9 | and directed the government to pay compensation of between ÂŁ1,000 and almost ÂŁ3,000. |
| 1:43.8 | I'm Neil Patterson. Welcome to the Sky News Daily. |
| 1:48.8 | So let's start with one of those affected. Michelle Carlyle was 59 when she suffered a heart |
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