In opposition, senior Labour figures had been vocal supporters of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign, which argues 3.6 million women born in the 1950s wer

The government has been branded "shameless" after it announced women affected by changes to the state pension age will not receive compensation.

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.

MPs and campaigners have slammed the government’s decision not to compensate women affected by changes to pension rules.

Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain has said that the government’s decision not to compensate WASPI women is an “absolute betrayal”.