{"id":280281,"date":"2026-02-04T13:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280281\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:23:26","slug":"state-pension-row-erupts-as-waspi-women-slam-incompetent-dwp-and-demand-3k-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/280281\/","title":{"rendered":"State pension row erupts as Waspi women slam ‘incompetent’ DWP and demand \u00a33k compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaigners is demanding MPs take action over the Labour Government’s refusal to award state pension compensation<\/a> to millions.<\/p>\n

The campaign has launched a fresh letter-writing initiative urging Parliament to hold a vote on compensation for women born in the 1950s who they claim were not properly notified about increases to their state pension age.<\/p>\n

This latest move from Waspi comes after ministers refused for a second time to approve payouts for those affected by the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) “maladministration” through communication failures.<\/p>\n

Campaigners are pressing for all MPs to be given the opportunity to vote on delivering financial redress to those impacted, which the Parliament and Health Service Om<\/p>\n

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The Government’s latest rejection has prompted campaigners to warn of potential legal action if ministers do not reverse their position.<\/p>\n

Since Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden announced last week that compensation would be denied, more than 5,000 individuals have contacted their local MPs demanding a Parliamentary vote.<\/p>\n

This response rate equates to approximately one letter being dispatched every 69 seconds, according to the Waspi camapign.<\/p>\n

Those writing to their representatives are calling for MPs to step in directly and secure a binding vote during Government time on the compensation issue.<\/p>\n

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Numerous parliamentarians, including a significant number of Labour backbenchers, have publicly criticised the Government’s stance in recent days.<\/p>\n

These MPs have urged ministers to reconsider their position on the matter.<\/p>\n

The PHSO’s investigation, which spanned six years, concluded that the DWP failed to adequately inform women about changes to their State Pension age and recommended financial redress be paid.<\/p>\n

Despite these findings being laid before Parliament, Mr McFadden confirmed that affected women would once again receive no compensation.<\/p>\n

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The decision marks the second time under successive administrations that the DWP has declined to provide any financial remedy.<\/p>\n

Since the Government began reconsidering the case for Waspi compensation on 11 November, more than 9,500 affected women have passed away, campaigners have claimed.<\/p>\n

Campaigners argue that MPs must now “take control of the order paper” to ensure justice is delivered.<\/p>\n

Angela Madden, the Waspi campaign’s chair, said: “The findings of the Parliamentary Ombudsman are clear. <\/p>\n

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“The DWP did not properly inform women of increases to their state pension age, and those affected by these failures are due compensation.” <\/p>\n

She added: “Parliament has a duty to act. Every MP must now decide whether they stand with 1950s-born women, or with an incompetent Government department that fails to own up to its own mistakes.” <\/p>\n

Ms Madden called for parliamentarians to seize control of proceedings, stating: “There must be a binding vote on compensation in Government time so all our elected representatives can have their say.”<\/p>\n

The state pension age is scheduled to rise for thousands of Britons from 66 to 67 from this, with a payment rate hike guaranteed in April thanks to the triple lock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaigners is demanding MPs take action over the Labour Government’s refusal to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[72,4157,176,61,60,1087,1558,174,175,1171],"class_list":{"0":"post-280281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-dwp","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-money","14":"tag-pensions","15":"tag-personal-finance","16":"tag-personalfinance","17":"tag-state-pension"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}