MSPs have voted unanimously to call for the UK Government to compensate Waspi women.

Every single MSP in the Holyrood chamber called for the Labour Party to reconsider its decision not to compensate women born in the 1950s affected by changes to the state pension age.

The 1995 Pensions Act and subsequent legislation raised the state pension age for women born on or after April 6, 1950.

In a report in March 2024, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) suggested compensation of between £1000 and £2950 per person due to failures in communicating changes in the state pension age to women born in the 1950s.

However, despite figures including now-Prime Minister Keir Starmer backing the calls for compensation while in opposition, Labour have declined to pay any compensation.

In a rare display of agreement across the chamber, MSPs from all parties slated the Labour UK Government.

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