A 2019 video of Angela Rayner being interviewed on the BBC has resurfaced online, exposing her for breaking a promise she made.
Angela Rayner has been exposed for breaking her promise to WASPI women as it’s been announced they will not receive a penny of compensation despite haveing their pensions stolen.
Liz Kendall, the pensions secretary, declared today that the government will reject payment claims
The controversial decision, which has sparked indignation from various political groups, followed closely on the heels of Labour’s elimination of winter fuel payments for up to 10 million pensioners.
The parliamentary ombudsman recommended in March compensation of between £1,000 and £2,950 to each of those affected. But the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign had called for payments of at least £10,000 each.
In a video from 2019 that has resurfaced online, Rayner appeared on the BBC saying Labour “will compensate” WASPI women as it’s “their money”.
In 2019, Angela Rayner said Labour would give the WASPI women their money back. (Image: Getty)
She said: “The government failed the women who were born in the 1950s. They stole their pensions, that contract, that agreement that they had, and then accelerated it so that those women didn’t have a chance to prepare for that.
“We said we’ll right that injustice and within the five years of a Labour government we will compensate them for the money that they lost.
“This is their money that they had stolen from them. It was completely unacceptable. Any government should act responsibly to these women.
“They’ve looked after their children, they’re often looking after elderly relatvies now, and they’re a part of our society that have felt really unjust by the way they’ve been treated, and it’s absolutely right that we deal with this issue.”
WASPI women have been told they won’t receive a penny of compensation. (Image: Getty)
The government has acknowledged the ombudsman’s finding of maladministration and has issued an apology for the 28-month delay in notifying women born in the 1950s.
However, it argues that evidence indicates only a quarter of people recall receiving and reading unexpected letters, and most women born in the 1950s were aware of the changes to the state pension age.
The Government has dismissed the idea of a blanket compensation scheme, which could cost up to £10.5 billion, as unjustifiable.
It also stated that devising a tailored compensation scheme that considers individual circumstances and offers fairness, value for money, and feasibility is not possible.
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