Govt considering u-turn on WASPI compensation

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https://news.sky.com/story/government-to-reconsider-whether-to-give-compensation-to-waspi-women-13468696

Oh God no 😖😖😖😖

Deeply disappointing.

I could cry.

Ridiculous.

They seem to want to throw money in all the wrong directions and none of the right ones.

They will always find the money, when they wish to. They are making some strange decisions lately. I wonder about their advisers.

TEN BILLIONS POUNDS.

Anything for the boomers. Anything they want.

So we have to pay more tax for this. Utterly ridiculous.

Arguing against sexist treatment of women? Right. Because they’re pensioners?

@margegunderson why is it sexist?
The WASPI argument is unfounded.

What’s sexist about them having the same retirement age as men?

Nothing. It was the way it was done that was the problem. Have a look at that.

It’s more complex than that, @margegunderson
. This is retrospective reimbursement that will be paid for by current workers, whose own pensions are being pushed back and back.

If I get anything, I will put it towards a Brompton bike.

If this happens the first one at the barricades will be my MIL, who is firmly in this age cohort, worked minimum wage all her working life, and is disgusted with the WASPI campaigners for, in her words, "giving the the rest of us a bad name."

Her view is that the Ombudsman's report was flawed, overreached and infantilised women.

It's not often she gets really worked up about something but she is properly cross about this.

This government is a disgrace.

It won’t happen. It’s heading for a judicial review. The only real remedy in a JR is for a court to order the Government reconsider the decision. In discovering documentation that should have been considered the best thing to do is to vacate the hearing, reconsider the documentation, make a fresh decision which will be the same decision on effect, and then proceed to the hearing. I’ve done this kind of work and that’s how it will play out. They won’t pay out!

You mean giving them loads of notice, expecting them to keep themselves informed and take appropriate action, and refusing to compensate them when they do nothing and later whine about it? They should get sweet FA.

This. I’m one of those affected (born 1959) and there was so much publicity. I just don’t believe the women claiming not to have known. I’m still working and have no plans to retire.

My late Mum felt the same she would be furious about this

I am 1959 as well, I don’t remember seeing lots of publicity and certainly there wasn’t for those born earlier. 1959 is right at the end of the scale here

I was born mid sixties so a bit younger than these women and I was aware of the announcements and changes.
I simply don’t believe that these huge numbers of women didn’t know.
I also can’t compute why if you were born in April 1960 you would be within the potential compensation pool but not if you were born in May 1960?
it’s disgraceful.

lets hope they consider it and don’t change their mind

I fall into this as born in 1957 BUT I was well aware of the information being given out over many years. I really can’t understand how people can honestly say they had no idea. As a country we can’t afford to cover these costs and should not.

The government didn't give anything like the level of notice they should have done. That's the issue. I think there were a few short pieces in the newspapers, which didn't even get close to explaining things properly in layman's terms, and the average person wouldn't have understood the implications. There was nowhere near enough publicity. Due to the lack of publicity, those women were not able to make alternative provision.

Letters were issued, but delayed for more than two years before they were finally sent out. As a direct cause of that delay, many women lost out financially when they should not have done.

So basically, the government fucked up and these women were adversely affected when they shouldn't have been.

Of course they deserve compensation.