Daily Mirror Top News｜英国女性养老金权益组织WASPI就就业与养老金部赔偿决定发布最新进展
他们争取赔偿的斗争仍在继续
英国女性反对养老金不公组织（WASPI）活动人士表示，他们对英国就业与养老金部拒绝给予补偿的决定感到"理所应当的愤怒"。工党去年年底宣布，将不会对20世纪50年代出生的女性群体提供补偿，这一群体由WASPI及其他维权组织代表。
但近日多位部长表示，由于新证据的出现，他们将重新考虑这一决定。女性退休金平等运动（WASPI）主席安吉拉·马登称，英国就业与养老金部撤回决定是"向前迈进了一步"。
她表示：“我们非常惊讶，过去十年我们开展运动期间，他们一直与我们激烈对抗。监察专员花了六年时间调查此事并出具了一份论证充分的报告。虽然我们并不完全认同报告中的所有内容，但还是接受了它。”
然而在当选后的六个月内，本届政府彻底推翻了之前的承诺，作出了截然不同的决定，这理所当然地激怒了我们。
WASPI代表出生于20世纪50年代的女性群体，她们因女性领取国家养老金的年龄从60岁逐步提高到65岁、继而66岁而受到影响。该组织声称，英国就业与养老金部（DWP）未充分履行告知义务，导致许多人在最后一刻才得知政策变动，退休计划因此遭受重创。
议会与卫生服务监察专员对此事展开调查。该机构认定就业与养老金部本应更早向这些女性寄送通知函，并建议赔偿金额在1000至2950英镑之间。
但部长们于2024年12月宣布将不会发放补偿金，理由是大多数女性已知晓政策变动。他们还表示，即便更早寄出通知信件也收效甚微。
女性反对国家养老金不公组织（WASPI）已申请对该决定进行司法审查，听证会定于12月8日至9日举行。然而，英国就业与养老金部（DWP）现已撤回该决定，并表示将重新发布。
就业与养老金事务大臣帕特·麦克法登向下议院表示："在质疑政府决策的法律诉讼过程中，已援引了一份2007年报告中的研究结果作为证据。"
这是就业与养老金事务部（DWP）对自动养老金预测信函效用的评估。倘若这份报告当时提交给我的尊敬的同僚【前就业与养老金事务大臣莉兹·肯德尔】，她当然会结合其他所有相关证据和材料予以考量。
鉴于此，出于公平与透明的考虑，我认为政府现在应当重新审视这些证据。这意味着我们将重新评估去年12月作出的与国家养老金年龄相关的沟通决策。
Their battle for compensation is contiuing
WASPI campaigners have said they were "rightfully angry" with the DWP's decision not to grant them compensation . Labour announced at the end of last year there would be no compensation for the 1950s-born generation of women, represented by WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) and other campaign groups.
But ministers said in recent days that they would reconsider this decision, as new evidence had come to light. WASPI campaign chair Angela Madden said it was "a step forward" for the DWP to retract its decision.
She said: "We were very surprised, they've fought us tooth and nail all the 10 years we have been campaigning. The Ombudsman took six years to investigate this and come out with a reasoned report. We didn't agree with everything in it, but we accepted it.
"And then within six months [of being elected], this Government undermined that completely and made a completely different decision, which made us rightfully angry."
WASPI represents the generation of women born in the 1950s who were affected by the state pension age for women increasing from 60 to 65 and then 66. They claim they were not properly informed of this by the DWP, with many unaware of the change right up to the last minute, destroying their retirement plans.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigated the matter. The group concluded the DWP should have sent out letters to the women sooner, and recommended payouts ranging from 051,000 to 052,950.
But ministers announced in December 2024 there would be no payouts, arguing most women did know of the change. They also said that sending out the letters sooner would have had little impact.
WASPI applied for a judicial review of this decision, which is set to take place on December 8 and 9. However, the DWP has now withdrawn the decision, which it will issue again.
Work and Pensions Secretary, Pat McFadden, told the Commons: "As part of the legal proceedings challenging the Governments decision, evidence has been cited about research findings from a 2007 report.
"That was a DWP evaluation of the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters. Had this report been provided to my right hon. Friend [former Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall], she would of course have considered it alongside all other relevant evidence and material.
"In the light of this, and in the interests of fairness and transparency, I have concluded that the Government should now consider this evidence. That means we will retake the decision made last December as it relates to the communications on state pension age."