Between 2010 and 2018 the state pension age gradually increased to 65 for women, bringing them in line with men. Millions could now be compensated for the government’s failure to inform them about the changes — would this be fair?
Angela Madden, the chairwoman of Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi)
Waspi women worked hard and paid taxes all of their working lives. Women were unable to open their own bank accounts until 1975 and were barred from many private pension schemes, so the whole system has been stacked against us for decades.
The decision to equalise the state pension age for men and women was the right one — nobody is arguing that. However, the Pensions Act 1995 was the first change to the
