Please ask Admins Coral and Trudy. The papers for our judicial review case against the Ombudsman were filed yesterday. Even though there were aspects of the Stage 1 report where we felt the Ombudsman should have gone further, we felt we had been listened to.. Pingback: Exclusive: Betrayal Parliamentary Ombudsman dumps on 3.6 million 50s born women | Westminster Confidential, I was born in 19 Fifty three I have suffered My Health I have rheumatoid Also I have a stoma bag I have to take cancer drug everyday as I have cancer I have to take war friend because of blood clots I have to take Emerald and lot of this has caused me Distress as I cannot afford anyone to come in and help me and my husband Is ill as well If I would have received My pension when I was 60 I could have done more To help pay for someone to come in and look after me I think its disgusting that I work from the Age of 14 and I have lost 4 years and 2 months All I want Is compensation For what I have lost. 'We are calling on the Government to agree fair and adequate compensation for WASPI women rather than allow what has become a vicious cycle of Government in-action to continue,' said the. Massive struggle ahead for Britons who use up savings, State pension changes could see thousands losing free NHS prescription, Michael Schumacher rare health update given by close friend Jean Todt, Chechen rebels prepare to topple key Putin ally as civil war looms, Harry and Meghan 'highly unlikely' to attend William's US event, Meghan 'disappeared' with photographer and brought 'suitcase' on trip, GB News: Liz Truss blasted as a 'Maggie Thatcher tribute act'. In his Stage 1 report, the Ombudsman found the DWP had, since 1995, failed to provide timely information about changes to the State Pension age for affected WASPI women. Please also be aware that my anger about you leaking the confidential report from the PHSO is more to do with the fact that you are selectively picking parts of the report to suit what appears to be an anti Waspi agenda. Age 50 back for early works pension or in full for manual jobs (1970s born onwards), Why does everything come down to money when pensioners are dying before they receive their pension just give us what we are entitled to, this sounds like an empty promise if no one is behind the promise, money is being found for everything but the older generation in this country, we are considered an inconvenience, we need a leader with a backbone, FAO Angela Madden I keep asking David Hencke, please, to help Grey Swans pension groups campaign to gain moral support for our new Over 50s (saves all ages) party, that appears now to be the only way we will get some compensation and save the next victims, of the 1960s to 1980s born ladies with pension age 67 and 68 now and forever and pensioner poverty (mostly women, mostly living alone more than men). You can unsubscribe at any time. When the Government increased the State Pension age by up to six years without giving us proper notice, our retirement plans were shattered, leaving us disempowered and vulnerable. Using the easy old basic state pension system, came up with the flat figure for all ladies born 1953 to 1959 of 35,000. WEBSITE If they are not going to offer compensation perhaps they could just give us Co-op funeral vouchers. Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd is a campaign group fighting for fair compensation for the maladministration by the DWP in not properly informing 1950s women of State Pension Age changes. content language. The Pensions Act 1995 provided for the State Pension age (SPA) for women to increase from 60 to 65 over the period April 2010 to 2020. Only in England is the free prescriptions between 60 and 67 (1960s born began turning 60 from 2020) being considered to end. The third and final stage will be a recommendation to Parliament, with MPs having the final say. They have asked him to reconsider and even proposed alternative dispute resolution (out of court discussions, sometimes facilitated by a third party) to resolve the dispute. All said they had suffered financial losses because of this as well as loss of the opportunity to make different choices, stress, anguish and upset. The person affected died of sepsis due to a failure of a hospital to carry out appropriate and thorough investigations of their symptoms. Is it because she only represents a few not the many ? However, this is not the case as the state pension age used to be 60 for women and 65 for men. Legal action in a public interest case cannot be taken without funding. The Stage 2 report will be the foundation for all decisions on compensation and other remedies. During the 2019 general election, then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the country owed a moral debt to Waspi woman and promised them an average payment of 15,380. And so much more. You can unsubscribe at any time. David there is enough misinformation going around without you adding to it by being rather economical with the truth. Recommendation(s):- Labour to publish meaningful Equality Impact Assessments each year on pensions equality (with particular focus on the impacts on women whose state pension was changed without their knowledge)- Labour to pledge a one-off compensation scheme for each woman of between 11,666 and 20,000The attached comprehensive submission elaborates on these themes. Take care when writing your will five mistakes to avoid or your f State Pension triple lock doomed as axing it will save 10 billion. Meaning we could also talk to Albanians, Romanians and Bulgarians on the road down to Greece. Incomplete investigations prior to hip surgery, inadequate consent and record keeping led to the complainant experiencing the pain discomfort and distress of a hip replacement that was unneeded. None of these things is true. We have done everything asked & more; we & our Employers honoured the Tripartite Agreement by paying all necessary NICs as did Govt too UNTIL Govt quietly not only RENEGED but actually raided the NICs Fund as disclosed in your earlier articles! In other words, the outcome of this case is likely to affect hundreds of thousands of 1950s women quite possibly most of them. Some 3.8million hit by pension age rises will get up to 31,300. We will be publishing our legal arguments soon, but for now we want to share the introductory words from the witness statement WASPIs Chair and Director of Finance, Angela Madden, has submitted to the Court. The WASPI campaign is calling for an immediate one-off compensation payment of between 11,666 and 20,000, with the most going to women who were given the shortest notice of the longest increase in their state pension age. It was Lib Dems Pension Minister between 2010 and 2015 who could have stopped both the Tory and Labour pension age rise laws, but chose to bring them all into law at warp speed, directly causing the misery and early death of us 1950s ladies. If you're in work , to earn a qualifying year, you generally need to earn a minimum amount of money during a tax year, and pay the required NI contributions. That suggests that if his approach to injustice is right, most 1950s women will not be able to show they suffered injustice in the form of those losses. Express. This update charts the way ahead for our case. I was born in 1954 so had to wait 6 yrs to get my pension. I take 5 different tablets a day, so if that did happen to me, I would have to seriously think about cutting down. We can not pay these women a fair pension ..do not make me laugh .. .none of the above STARMER .ER like the rest. What is our action against the Ombudsman trying to achieve? Many were unable to do so due to failing health and scraped by on state benefits, or died before receiving a penny in pension. Also when we get our pension we are told not eligible for carers Unless there is an appeal, the Judges decision will be the final word on whether the challenged decision is lawful or not. We urgently need the resources to follow through on our threat of judicial review and challenge the Ombudsman's Stage 2 decisions. I am 55 this year. resurrect fully public NHS, We will ask the Ombudsman and the Court to prioritise the case and hopefully it will be heard before the Summer. The Ombudsman would have to look at injustice again, avoiding the errors highlighted in the judgment. The PHSO has not said people do not need to be compensated for financial loss only worry and confusion in his Stage 2 provisional report. WASPI 18 campaign leaders have called for the. 50s women have been badly let down by the very people who should be looking out for us and Im afraid you must take your fair share of the blame. Many affected women did not find out about the change until 2012, meaning that they were unable to make alternative retirement plans. I fail to see how we were actually duped into thinking we would be better off, we are NOT!!! There are no public comments on this case page. Can go to work. The Admin of Modern Day Suffragettes permitted members to make up their own mind in a poll on their Facebook page and showed a lot of moral support. person affected does not want financial compensation we will not recommend it. 24th February 2023. Once it is no longer provisional it will be published. Regrettably, we have concluded that the Ombudsman is seriously mistaken about the injustice WASPI women have suffered. This is a plea on behalf of the millions of us woman, to sort this out and do the right thing, and not wait for the millions of letters you wil receive regarding the deaths of the women concerned. New calls for 'justice' for WASPI women over State Pension age compensation from MPs. The Ombudsmans published first report backed only partial maladministration which would automatically reduce compensation and was never challenged by Waspi. The campaign for compensation has been led by the group Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi). We need to raise at least 100,000 right now to get our case into court and moving forward. Because it was in the kitty it was there and whoever used it (STOLE) therefore should be brought to JUSTICE and we all should see documents relating to this spending. So wont that mean I get compensation for that? Also more pensioners are remaining in work beyond retirement age, which means boss NI contributions continue. Many have been scraping by on state benefits, often in poor health, while waiting for their State Pension to kick in finally. Comes amid impacts of sudden stratospheric warming over North Pole, Met Office moves snow timeline for Gloucestershire - it's coming a day earlier, Rural parts of the county could see the white stuff with sleet affecting other areas, Met Office issues 48-hour snow and ice 'disruptive' weather warning for UK, Arctic airmass to bring snow showers to northern parts of UK on Monday and Tuesday. Many women received no notice at all. We are happy to set the record straight. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Again, any woman born in the 1950s is a victim and has a perfect right to comment and/or make any enquiries: with both PHSO Reports recently leaked on social media, they are now better informed. Typically level five cases will be when the person affected has had a marked and damaging effect on their ability to live a relatively normal life. I think the government have been grossly unfair to the waspi women .loads have died saving the government money .we women of the 1950s paid every penny for the state pension to retire at 60 yes. Its website includes a benefits calculator and details of schemes and grants in your area, including for energy and water bills. Far too long we have waited for Justice. Simpson said that some women were written to in 2009, some 14 years after the first change, but letters were then stopped until 2012. Consequently, they lost out on income not only from the six years of State Pension, but also from the income they would have received had they stayed working. In February, the PHSO called for the DWP to submit more evidence related to the communication of state pension changes, which the ombudsman needed in order for the second stage of the investigation to continue.. What was said was; We cannot consider the financial consequences of changes in the law about when women can claim their State Pension. Can someone explain how I am better off. WASPI and #backto60 should unite to lobby both the main parties in UK to recognise that many 50s women will be those suffering from fuel poverty and also the injustice of their treatment in the first place and by governments putting bankers before pensioners. Despite your claims no campaign has the authority to speak for ALL of us as youve never asked us. Angela Madden, Waspi's campaign leader did put a figure on compensation for the pensioners for a one off payment -from 10,000 to 20,000 at a cost of 40 billion to 50 billion. . The pensioner will pay ! Nobody else gave you permission to speak for them. As to the numbers that Angela Madden quoted, it sounds like you have simply misheard her or noted it wrongly. PHSO report is a joke the only way we will get any compensation is with a change of Government roll on for hopefully an early general election before any more of us die, You seem to have lost your support for Waspis women, why ? WASPI women are referred to reports of other investigations so they can see recommendations made in other cases and the amount awarded., which averages out at around 2,000 and very rarely meets. The Ombudsman may recommend compensation for worry and anxiety (normally very small amounts), loss of opportunity (typically more) and direct financial losses (money lost because different choices could and would have been made with a better financial outcome for the individual had there been no maladministration). Judging by the lengthy provisional report, a most thorough, well argued and legally sound set of conclusions are likely to be delivered in due course. "The support of the leader of the opposition for our fair and fast compensation campaign is a welcome development., The pledge signed by Starmer reads: "I support fair and fast compensation for 1950s women.". They are cold pensioners. The Government's repayment programme, which launched . DON'T MISS:Prince Harry will be 'haunted' by Jubilee for 'rest of his life'[REVEAL]'Coup de grace' for Brexit deal as legal ruling exposes loophole[LATEST]Nuke threats spooked West into sitting out war[INSIGHT], "Womens plans for retirement at 60 were suddenly overturned without warning. And other illnesses but I really need help with this one it is a .medical conditions but I cant even afford to pay if I had my pension from60 I could have saved it up .ad you get old the government do not care zandra wenzel, Its about time this matter for us waspi women was sorted out once and for all so many of us women including myself have had to use our savings to survive and we are now wanting the government to address this situation and give us women the compensation we all deserve we have struggled but the government just dont care enough to end this once and for all there are women who have died waiting how much longer do we have to suffer. David Im shocked at some of the replies posted re your article (reporting an event you attended at this years Labour Conference) advising ALL 50s women what occurred. 10,000 pounds would be a quarter of what the government stole from me. Like you born in 1953 and had to wait 5 years for my SP. The Ombudsman is not a court but can recommend compensation where maladministration (defective decision making by government departments) causes injustice. Malad PHSO is solely about 1950sWomen His responsibilities in this investigation have to be exercised in a lawful way, worthy of that trust. Our adviser calculator can help you help your clients navigate the benefits system with confidence Find out more Cost of living help Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. It seems to me that Angela Madden silence on these reports speak volumes? DON'T MISSSavings: Britons urged to give cash a boost as many lose money'[EXCLUSIVE]Pension: Boris Johnson urged to act as women face 'motherhood penalty'[INTERVIEW]Nationwide offers Britons a 1million prize draw - could you win? Thousands of women have already had years of financial hardship due to their leaving employment and making retirement plans in anticipation of a State Pension from age 60. It is highly probable the person would have survived had treatment been prescribed quick. Whether Waspi will go down the judicial review route remains to be seen. & #WaSpi Board Members As mentioned previously, our legal team has put our arguments to the Ombudsman. She told the audience that WASPI was still proceeding with a case with the Parliamentary Ombudsman to get compensation. Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey has now pledged his backing for the Waspi womens campaign for fair and fast compensation on behalf of 3.8 million women. For David Hencke to do a blog article for me, to help us all. As long as enough money is raised, we will issue the claim next week and start the judicial review. The WASPI campaign is calling for an immediate one-off compensation payment of between 11,666 and 20,000, with the most going to women who were given the shortest notice of the longest . 68 last month WASPI . A terminally ill mans final days were not properly planned and were more distressing than they should have been. There is no appeal, nor is it realistic to think the DWP will ignore his findings and act more generously towards 1950s women when deciding what to do about its maladministration if his findings go unchallenged. You dont get carers allowance if you have state pension, Thanks David for all that you do we are lucky to have you on our side. The WASPI campaign identified around 3.8 million women born in the 1950s who suddenly found they would have to work many more years when the State Pension age was increased to 65 between 2016 and. I even had a source recently in the DWP leaking to my blog when pensioners were being particularly badly treated by the DWP. - For the self-employed: 129 a week, 560 a month, 6,725 a year. Im sitting here typing, cold . We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Grey Swans is the most unique of all pension campaigns, as has stopped campaigning like a begging bowl to the rich, to any elected political type, and is asking for moral support from 1950s to 1980s born ladies, please, for creation of a new Over 50s (saves all ages) party, that offers by getting into a new government, by your kind votes, at next general election: 35,000 compensation to 1950s ladies READ MORE: PIP: You could get up to 608. This follows a recent pledge of support from Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). WASPI has been asking for "fair and fast compensation" and this week called for a one-off payment of between 11,666 and 20,000 for those affected. MORE than 3.5 million women born in the 1950s who were forced to work up to six years longer than expected have fought long and hard for redress. This article previously stated the state pension age used to be 60 for men and 65 for women. Those UK nations are not separate countries, but only devolved from the overall laws of UK parliament down in London. It marks a significant victory for the Waspi (Women. The latest findings reaffirm what the WASPI campaigners, which represents many of the 3.8 million affected - including 5,600 women across the Jarrow constituency - have been calling for since the. Lets not get into #WaSpiWordplay well be here all night. Waspi and Backto60 should be working together. Davey joins the leaders of the Labour Party, SNP and Plaid Cymru who have also pledged their support. The early death rate of: The WASPI campaign asks for an immediate one-off compensation payment of between 11,666 and 20,000 to those affected, with the most going to women who were given the shortest notice of the longest increase in their state pension age. Some women were given only one year's notice of a six-year delay to their retirement. Discrimination by age needs to be taken to High Court, by the retired sections of trade unions and Age UK and National Pensioners Convention. They would not have risen pension age on you men. WASPI women are going to bed in their coats and rationing food as they wait to see how much compensation they will get for their suffering. Hilary Simpson, chair of Waspi 2018, said the lack of notice had devastating effects for thousands of women whose plans for life after 60 were shattered. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Labour was not awarding us, as it was not in their published manifesto. It is therefore critical that the Ombudsman gets it right in the most important part of his investigation into the DWPs maladministration: deciding on the injustice 1950s women have suffered. As for showing respect towards David Hencke, I will do so when he admits his mistake and reports accurately. Iam working on this as an individual as I have 20 years of evidence but dont have any money to take a legal case. AIB sold the most trackers to vulture funds where customers were overcharged, with the sale of 705 mortgages. Thank you for everything you do; please know that we truly do value your honest, no-nonsense approach which lays bare/opens to scrutiny events/incidents impacting our daily lives no matter (how distasteful some may find it). We know how much DWP maladministration has cost us and now the @PHSOmbudsman gets it wrong too! Please consider donating through our Crowdjustice page. The 50s women should be at the top of the list. Tories, no chance! No. The Ombudsman is to examine the complaints brought to it, regarding communication of changes to the womens state pension age, as well as related issues. The finding brings the prospect of compensation closer for thousands of women born in the 1950s who have long been furious about the issue. My concern over the leaks is that youre providing snippets of the full 50 page document which really needs to be read in full to be understood. The 2nd report is so far only provisional. WASPI is only a complaint to a government department and not to government, as accept the age discrimination against women. In 1995, the government introduced a gradual increase of the State Pension Age from 60 to 65 for women but did not notify them, Simpson said. Any woman who made significant choices like this between 2006 and July 2009 could potentially have suffered direct financial loss as a result of maladministration which is very unlikely to be compensated for on the Ombudsman's "counting backwards 28 months" approach. Grey Swans campaign is not to any elected political type at all, but for moral support, please, for creation of our new Over 50s (saves all ages) party that offers, when in new government by your kind votes at next general election: 35,000 compensation to 1950s ladies Helpline: 0808 802 2000 (open 09.00 - 17.00 Monday-Friday) Got something to say? Judicial review is the only way to challenge the Ombudsman. The National Insurance Fund sadly is not a kitty for a pension scheme, but funding for various other things as well, including redundancy for workers when a private firm goes bust. We are Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI), women born in the 1950s, fighting for fair compensation for maladministration by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). As for leaking reports every day journalists somewhere are doing this.In my 40 plus years as a journalist mainly on the Guardian I have leaked loads of official reports especially from DWP. . I was contracted out for 1 year, am receiving 180.96 per week because of a deduction for COPE. The Women Against State Pension Injustice (Waspi) campaign group has been recruiting senior political figures to support their campaign. Certain women have also suggested they did not receive correspondence the DWP stated it sent out, informing women of the changes to their state pension. Our year was the most unfair, I dont know how this was ever allowed to go through. Learn how your comment data is processed. After all, it was the Government that raided our pension pots and they should repay it without delay, obfuscation or maladministration. The action group Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) was founded in 2015 to fight for compensation for those who lost out after the state pension age (SPA) was changed. Two Female Accountants Counting On Calculator Stock Photo Download . Judicial review is a vital part of the UKs unwritten constitution because it allows the High Court and appeal courts to make sure all other public bodies (including some lower courts) are: The Ombudsman and his local government equivalents have been challenged through judicial review in the past. So it is possible that limited compensation for distress, stress and anxiety may be thought appropriate in some circumstances but not as PHSO points out, where that stress arises from the decision to change the pension age; the Act of Parliament itself. Just wish they would get on with it . Many women got to sick to work and had to use savings to survive.then when they got there pension they were mugged again over the triple lock being taken off .no one seems to care or want to help any pensioners .how many more will die. Please donate whatever you can afford to the fighting fund through CrowdJustice. obfuscate, delay, make up his own rules on standards, minimise, shift the blame, and then if we are very lucky offer a few crumbs in the hundreds of to a minority and then DWP will make it as difficult as possible to apply for. In June 2021 the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman concluded that errors at DWP amounted to maladministration. But the Stage 2 report appears to conclude this is inappropriate in the cases of WASPI women because there was too much uncertainty about what would have happened had there been no maladministration. When a brief interlude of a different kind of Labour leader came into being, he was sabotaged by his own party, when offering pension age 60 to men in his 1983 election manifesto, and living state pension to men and women the same. Yet we are still caring for that dependent it doesnt stop just cos we get our pensions, Thanks again for true reporting for all #50women. Its not just ministers that are not listening to Waspi, its the ombudsman as well, who appears to be following the Govt playbook very closely i.e. It would also cover circumstances where a reduced quality of life has been endured for a considerable period. I am still working at 68 years old as well as looking after my 92year old mother with Dementia who now lives with me. Waspi women have lost none of their sting.
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