Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "raising hopes and smashing them" with a series of "broken promises". The Tory leader opened PMQs with an attack on the government's decision not to compensate Waspi women, despite the prime minister previously pledging "rapid justice" for the group.

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Keir Starmer wrong to deny Waspi women payout - Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader says he is disappointed the UK government is not providing compensation.

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KEMI Badenoch has accused Labour of “punching the British people in the face” and planning to "give away our hard-won Brexit freedoms".The Tory le

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The Tory leader attacked Sir Keir and the Labour government on his decision not to compensate Waspi women and to cut winter fuel payments - but he hit back with an attack on her party's record.

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Badenoch uses PMQs to accuse Starmer of 'raising hopes and smashing them' with 'broken promises'

Labour announced on Tuesday that the Government would not be paying out compensation to millions of women born in the 1950s who were not properly informed about increases to their state pension age

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North East Waspi women slam 'betrayal' as Labour Government refuses compensation

The UK Government announced there would be no compensation for the women on Tuesday.

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Sarwar calls decision not to compensate WASPI women 'deeply disappointing'

Rachel Reeves has been accused of "outright lies" over her previous pledge to not rise national insurance.In response to her promise, British economist Andrew Sentance blasted the Labour Chancellor's pledge online, posting: "How can the Chancellor say this with a straight face?"It is an outright falsehood."Businesses and economic forecasters have made clear that higher employer NI means higher inflation and a bigger wage squeeze for working peop…

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Labour 'demand SNP breach devolution laws' in Waspi compensation attack

For a week, the Labour Government looked as though its new Downing Street grid was working. There have been a series of carefully planned announcements from clean power to planning reform to local government aimed at showing the Government is speaking to voter priorities after a bumpy start.Yet just as the Christmas break beckons, the Prime Minister finds his Government embroiled in a fight that risks dividing his own party: the plight of the Wa…

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There is a good reason why Waspi women have been denied compensation

Sir Keir Starmer defended the Government’s record and accused the Tories of trying to block Labour’s attempts to ‘rebuild’ the country.

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Starmer ‘punching British people in face’ with policies, says Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “raising hopes and smashing them” with a series of “broken promises”.  The Tory leader opened PMQs with an attack on the government’s decision not to compensate Waspi women, despite the prime minister previously pledging “rapid justice” for the group. She then pivoted to the cut to winter fuel payments – though the Conservative was reminded she had previously referred to the benefit as a “dead weight…

Badenoch uses PMQs to accuse Starmer of 'raising hopes and smashing them' with 'broken promises'

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