Women affected by pension inequality deserve justice — scottish national party


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John Swinney has warned that the Westminster parties stand on the brink of a bitter betrayal of WASPI women, after meeting WASPI campaigners on a campaign visit to Glasgow. The injustice


faced by the WASPI women – Women Against State Pension Inequality – is a telling demonstration of how Westminster treats the victims of its scandals. After years of campaigning, a damning


report earlier this year by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman set out clear recommendations on the need for a full, fair and fast compensation scheme for the WASPI women. The


Westminster Tory government has failed to implement those recommendations, but Labour has also let them backtracked. Keir Starmer’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves admitted that her party


‘have not set out any money’ for compensation: Even the Labour-supporting Daily Mirror has queried Keir Starmer’s duplicity on the issue and warned him of acting ‘Boris-esque’. This


last-minute u-turn by Keir Starmer’s Labour is indefensible considering the promises they made to WASPI women over several years: And in Scotland, Labour was just as emphatic: In contrast


John Swinney reaffirmed the SNP’s principled position and concrete commitment in support of full, fair and fast compensation for WASPI women. It has now become clear that the Westminster


parties stand on the brink of a bitter betrayal of the WASPI women. With Westminster power in sight, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour are signalling they will repeat the exact same betrayal as the


Tories. > 📸 @JohnSwinney has met with some of the amazing WASPI women today > in Glasgow! >  > The SNP stands firmly with the WASPI Women in their campaign for > justice for 


all women born in the 1950s affected by the unfair > changes to the State Pension Age. pic.twitter.com/tGMhY8wZpI >  > — The SNP (@theSNP) June 7, 2024 With ministerial desks in


Downing Street within their grasp, Labour has deliberately decided these wronged women don’t matter to them anymore. WASPI women deserve so much better. They deserve full, fair and fast


compensation. The SNP will keep to our principled position and concrete commitment in support of the WASPI women until they receive justice. On the 4th of July, vote SNP to deliver justice


for the WASPI women and for a future made in Scotland, for Scotland.