WASPI ‘victory’

woolly_wombat

Not a popular topic on MSE but this was also mentioned on Woman’s Hour today:

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2023/04/04/victory-for-waspi-campaign-as-phso-to-review-stage-2-report/

” The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has agreed to review its stage 2 report following a legal challenge by the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi).

The PHSO conceded out of court that part of its investigation into how increases to the state pension age were communicated was flawed and must be reconsidered.”

dunstonh

More a case of a battle won rather than the war.  No-one is expecting a change in the outcome though.

woolly_wombat

There is talk of compensation for a failure to give adequate notice.

We’ll see…..

dunstonh

woolly_wombat said:

There is talk of compensation for a failure to give adequate notice.

We’ll see…..

That is far too advanced and optimistic. The PHSO has agreed to review one point of its stage two report and state 3 with it.  However, the result may not change and the PHSO are claiming their investigation was fair and impartial.

We'll see is the best anyone can say but its not a major victory and that is why it is barely getting any media coverage.

westv

Agree with the subject or not, it will be disappointing if this thread is deleted by the forum police like similar ones have been.

sgx2000

Equality is equality...

Ganga

If they win i am demanding my pension be payed from my 60th birthday ,as a man i want to be treated equally

Silvertabby

I think it's disgusting that WASPE are misleading their members, by letting them think that 'victory' = full pension backdating to 60.

Reality is that compensation for failing to send out letters in a timely manner, over a 2 year period, will be more like £500 or £1K.

I also find comments (on other boards!)  blaming the Tories for failing to promulgate the changes to be beyond ridiculous..... considering that  the future re-equalisation of State pension ages was announced in the 1993 budget and widely advertised/talked about from1995 onwards, one would have expected these pesky letters to have been sent out between 1996 and 2010 (when the gradual changes began).  Hmm - remind me again which party was in power from 1997 to 2010.....

If/when this compo is confirmed, I for one won't be claiming it.  I'm not a hypocrite.

Marcon

Silvertabby said:

I think it's disgusting that WASPE are misleading their members, by letting them think that 'victory' = full pension backdating to 60.

Reality is that compensation for failing to send out letters in a timely manner, over a 2 year period, will be more like £500 or £1K.

I also find comments (on other boards!)  blaming the Tories for failing to promulgate the changes to be beyond ridiculous..... considering that  the future re-equalisation of State pension ages was announced in the 1993 budget and widely advertised/talked about from1995 onwards, one would have expected these pesky letters to have been sent out between 1996 and 2010 (when the gradual changes began).  Hmm - remind me again which party was in power from 1997 to 2010.....

If/when this compo is confirmed, I for one won't be claiming it.  I'm not a hypocrite.

It'll be interesting to see whether you get an option on whether or not to claim your pittance (sorry, pension compensation), or whether all women affected 'have' to accept compensation, even if it caused them no surprise/distress/financial hardship.

Silvertabby

Marcon said:

Silvertabby said:

I think it's disgusting that WASPE are misleading their members, by letting them think that 'victory' = full pension backdating to 60.

Reality is that compensation for failing to send out letters in a timely manner, over a 2 year period, will be more like £500 or £1K.

I also find comments (on other boards!)  blaming the Tories for failing to promulgate the changes to be beyond ridiculous..... considering that  the future re-equalisation of State pension ages was announced in the 1993 budget and widely advertised/talked about from1995 onwards, one would have expected these pesky letters to have been sent out between 1996 and 2010 (when the gradual changes began).  Hmm - remind me again which party was in power from 1997 to 2010.....

If/when this compo is confirmed, I for one won't be claiming it.  I'm not a hypocrite.

It'll be interesting to see whether you get an option on whether or not to claim your pittance (sorry, pension compensation), or whether all women affected 'have' to accept compensation, even if it caused them no surprise/distress/financial hardship.

If it's paid automatically I'll work something out.  Probably donate it to a suitable charity.

Flugelhorn

It would probably be paid automatically and then taxed.  But I never so no to government money even if I see very little of it int he end. 

I don't feel I wasn't warned of the changes, FA told me in about 1998 - have known since then that the ages would be equalised.