Labour frontbencher Anneliese Dodds refused to confirm if Labour would compensate Waspi women.
The party’s chairwoman was grilled by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on a pledge during the 2019 election campaign for £58billion in compensation for women affected by changes in the state pension age.
But Ms Dodds insisted the public finances have changed since then and highlighted how Labour did not win the election.
She told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: “Unfortunately Labour lost the last election, we did not win on the agenda that we set out to the general public in 2019.
“But also circumstances have changed radically as well. I think very few of us would have expected the mess, sadly, that Liz Truss made of our economy and that continues to be made under a Conservative-led government.
“So we are in different circumstances however that does not mean that we shouldn’t see a very strong focus from government now that we have that ombudsman’s report on what happened with the Waspi women.
“We need to see a response from government, that’s what the ombudsman has asked for, and above all we need to learn the lessons from what’s happened with this debacle.”
Asked if Labour was ditching the £58billion like other U-turns by Sir Keir Starmer including free university tuition fees and the two-child benefit cap, she added: “I think actually viewers expect an opposition party on an issue of this significance to look at it really carefully.
“Back then the circumstances were different. We hadn’t had that Liz Truss mini-budget which blew up our economy, we didn’t see that economic mismanagement that we’ve seen since.
“But as I said, unfortunately the general public actually rejected that manifesto that Labour set out in 2019, they didn’t support it.
“And therefore we need to ensure that going forward every single commitment that Labour makes is fully funded, fully costed, fully set out.
“But we also need to make sure those women are treated with respect. And that’s why above all the critical thing here is that lessons are learned and that political parties actually take that report seriously from the ombudsman, that’s what we’re doing.”
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt also refused to commit to compensation for Waspi women.
It comes after a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) on Thursday found changes to the state pension age were not communicated adequately and those affected should receive an apology and compensation.
