When in opposition the Prime Minister said former Tory government had ‘its fingers in its ears’ over the state pension outrage

The issue of compensation for WASPI women has been rumbling on for years - so we want to know, do you agree with the government's decision not to give them compensation?

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The former deputy leader of Northumberland Labour has slammed the Government's decision not to award compensation to so-called WASPI women.

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Waspi women have accused Labour of a “betrayal” after the Government confirmed they will not be entitled to compensation over state pension age changes. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said compensating the cohort would not be a “fair or proportionate” use of taxpayers’ money.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says the prime minister was wrong not to compensate women affected by the UK government's failure to adequately warn them about changes to the state pension.

The Scottish Labour leader said the decision not to compensate any women born in the 50s who were not aware of changes to the state pension age was "the wrong one".

These calls were welcomed by Brian Leishman, the Labour MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, who told The i Paper he’d be willing to lose the party whip to vote in support of the Women

It came after Sir Keir Starmer said the Treasury couldn't afford to pay out compensation, with Labour ministers warning the total cost could have risen to more than £10bn. Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) says 3.