WASPI Women May Get £2,950 DWP Payout as Andy Burnham Backs Campaign

Team Burnham Scrambles to Play Down Andy's £11 Billion Waspi Women Pledge

Team Burnham is busy trying to mop up after their leader signed himself up to spending £10.5 billion on the Waspi women. Cuckoo… The Manchester Mayor told a hustings event in Makerfield: “I’ll stick by the Waspi women because they deserve some recompense for the unfairness.” Starmer people are pointing out that Labour has resisted…

Labour's Andy Burnham backs ‘recompense’ for Waspi women affected by pension change

Labour’s Makerfield by-election candidate Andy Burnham said he would “stick by” women campaigning for compensation over changes to the state pension age, opening the door to a multibillion-pound spending commitment.

Andy Burnham backs ‘recompense’ for WASPI women affected by pension age changes

Andy Burnham has said he would support women affected by State Pension age changes, raising the prospect of compensation payments for WASPI campaigners if he were to become Labour leader.

WASPI women may get £2,950 DWP payout as Andy Burnham backs campaign

Millions of women born in the 1950s who say they were not properly informed about an increase in the state pension age could receive £2,950 compensation

Andy Burnham backs Waspi women compensation in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

Andy Burnham has signalled his support for a substantial compensation package for Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) women, in a move that could cost the Treasury more than £10.

Burnham hints at payout for Waspi women claiming billions

Andy Burnham has suggested he would support more than 3.5m women who are seeking compensation, hinting at a billions of pounds spending commitment if he enters Downing Street. The Makerfield by-election candidate has long been an outspoken supporter for the so-called Waspi women, a cohort born in the 1950s who claim they lost thousands of pounds after failing to be properly informed of the changes to the state pension age. Speaking at a hustings…