Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Dyke has called for WASPI women to be fairly compensated after one of her constituents was evicted.

The woman concerned, who lives in the village of Street, was recently made homeless despite working ‘working hard for 40 years’, Dyke revealed this week.

Speaking in a Government debate, she said: “WASPI women should be fairly compensated. Just this week, I spoke to a woman who lives in the village of Street in my constituency.

“She worked hard for 40 years, but has recently been made homeless - she has been evicted - as a result of not receiving fair compensation.”

She added: “Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government should reverse their decision and give WASPI women the compensation they deserve?”

WASPI

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) is a voluntary group founded in 2015 that campaigns against the way in which the state pension ages for men and women were equalised.

Previously, women received the state pension five years earlier than men. They claim that the change was badly communicated, and are calling for compensation for the millions of women adversely affected by the change to equal pension ages.

Government response

In response, Labour MP Ian Byrne said: “More than 5,000 women in my constituency of Liverpool West Derby are affected by these pension changes.

“It was the expectation of many people, including myself, that the new Government would right this historical wrong and deliver compensation as a matter of urgency, in an amount that was fair and just.

“When the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions stood up and announced that no compensation at all would be paid to the WASPI women born in the 1950s, shock and despair were felt across the UK. Those feelings were palpable, and the shock and anger felt by my constituents about this decision has been made absolutely crystal clear to me on a number of occasions.

“On behalf of the many Liverpool West Derby constituents affected by this injustice, I urge the Minister and the Government to rethink, to change course and to sit down with these women for mediation, so that eventually we can award compensation to all those affected by this grievous injustice.”