Thousands of UK women owed pension payout after ombudsman’s Waspi ruling

Way state pension age was raised plunged retirement plans into chaos, but DWP has indicated it won't pay compensation

Thousands of women, potentially hundreds of thousands, are owed compensation because of government failings related to the way changes to the state pension age were made, a long-awaited official report has said.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said those affected should be compensated. But the recommended payouts of between 1,000 and 2,950 a person fall far short of the 10,000-plus that campaigners were calling for.