Another MP has added to the calls for the WASPI (Women against state pension inequality) generation of women to get compensation.
George Galloway, who was recently elected MP for Rochdale for his Workers Party of Great Britain, has urged the Government to act.
He has written to DWP boss Mel Stride urging him to meet with the campaigners after a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) report recently called for payouts of between £1,000 and £2,950 for the women.
Mr Stride was quizzed about the issue earlier today on LBC with the pensions secretary saying he “can’t really comment further” as there has yet to be a response to the report.
Mr Galloway tabled a motion in Parliament in March welcoming the PHSO’s report and warning that £2,950 was “not adequate compensation”.
The motion called for “the Government to fully copmensate the WASPI women for the losses and delays they have suffered”.
Mr Galloway has served as MP for five constituencies and was kicked out of the Labour Party in 2003 over his opposition to the war in Iraq.
He also starred on Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 when he was MP for Bethan Green. He was evicted after 21 days in the house.
Many MPs have given their support to the WASPI cause with some of the politicians calling for payouts of £10,000 or more.
SNP MP Marion Fellows told Express.co.uk previously: “It is a further stain on UK justice. A WASPI woman dies every 13 minutes.
“After all these years a £10,000 payment is what these women deserve. I have met with them and I have demonstrated with them. Now I want to see immediate action from the Government.”
A debate is to take place on the matter in Parliament later this month. SNP MP Patricia Gibson said when presenting the motion for the debate: “We cannot allow it to be the case that WASPI women have won the battle but don’t get the spoils of war.
“There’ll be different views across the house as to what that compensation might look like, and that’s all part of the debate.
“But I think the principle for compensation has to be established, and it has to be established quickly, because the longer this report goes unanswered, the more despair is setting in.”
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