Keir Starmer’s UK government faces a backlash after saying it will not compensate the so-called “WASPI women,” who were affected by an unexpected increase in the state pension age, the latest example of the new Labour administration alienating a core constituency of voters.

Reeves claims millions of Waspi women knew about pension changes amid backlash over compensation - The Chancellor has defended Labour’s decision not to pay compensation to 3.8 million women ahead of P

Meeting WASPI women on Thursday at Holyrood, Swinney said he was 'very disappointed' with the UK Government's announcement.

Three sisters have described the government's decision not to pay compensation in the "Waspi" women pension case as a "slap in the face". The Parliamentary Ombudsman said more than three million women born in the 1950s did not get adequate notice of the changes to the rises in the state pension age and should be compensated.

The problem for Sir Keir Starmer is there was a spectacular failure of expectation management. He can point to it not being a promise in his general election manifesto, just as it wasn't a promise in the Conservative manifesto either.

A former Perthshire postmistress this week spoke of her anger and feelings of betrayal at the Westminster government’s announcement it would not pay compensation to Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaigners.

A Glasgow councillor has branded the UK government’s decision not to pay any compensation to WASPI women, as a “slap in the face”.

Ms Stoddart became part of the WASPI (Women against state pension inequality) campaign in 2015. Mrs Stoddart said: "I'd already planned for my retirement and I had promised my children that I would look after my grandchildren and save them some money on childcare fees.