{"id":698159,"date":"2026-01-15T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/698159\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:00:13","slug":"waspi-issues-vital-update-urging-1950s-born-women-to-act-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/698159\/","title":{"rendered":"WASPI issues ‘vital’ update urging 1950s-born women to act immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASPI campaigners have urged 3.5 million women born in the 1950s affected by state pension age increases to write to MPs while the government reconsiders compensation before a March 2026 deadline.<\/p>\n

James Rodger<\/strong> Content Editor<\/p>\n

11:19, 15 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

\"WASPI<\/p>\n

WASPI campaigners have taken to X, formerly Twitter, to issue a rallying cry(Image: )<\/p>\n

WASPI women have delivered what they’re calling the most “vital” update yet for those caught up in the state pension controversy. Campaign representatives have turned to X, the platform previously known as Twitter, to rally women impacted as the Labour<\/a> government deliberates over potential redress.<\/p>\n

In their statement, WASPI<\/a> explained: “Parliament will decide on whether #WASPI women get compensated for the lack of notice we received about the increase to our State Pension age.<\/p>\n

“That’s why writing to our MPs is so vital right now, while the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions<\/a> reconsiders the decision they took not to pay compensation. Use our website to write, it’s easy and quick. Everyone can sign, so please encourage others to support too. Follow the link and the template letters.”<\/p>\n

The campaign group subsequently shared a web address alongside a pre-prepared letter template for women who believe they’ve been disadvantaged by the pension age<\/a> changes, reports Birmingham Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Parliamentary Ombudsman has directed the Government to provide recompense to over 3.5 million women born during the 1950s who were impacted by the Department for Work and Pensions’ inadequate communication regarding State Pension age increases.<\/p>\n

This week, Douglas McAllister MP provided an update, stating: “I’ve written to the Minister for Work and Pensions urging him to retake the decision made last December and finally compensate @WASPI_Campaign.<\/p>\n

“I am in regular contact with my West Dunbartonshire Waspi constituents so they know they have my full support in their fight for justice.”<\/p>\n

On the campaign group’s website, WASPI urges women to intensify demands on the DWP<\/a>, stating: “Despite an apology from ministers for their mistakes, the Government is still refusing to comply with the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s instruction to compensate WASPI women.<\/p>\n

“Through its Judicial Review legal action, WASPI has forced the Government to back down and agree to retake the decision on compensation before 2 March 2026.<\/p>\n

“It’s vital that MPs do all they can to urge the Government to make the right decision this time round.<\/p>\n

“Can you spare two minutes to encourage them to support our calls for fair compensation?”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASPI campaigners have urged 3.5 million women born in the 1950s affected by state pension age increases to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3093],"tags":[51,474,2499,1786,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-698159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-personal-finance","11":"tag-state-pension","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115900424082590415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}