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Your Emails to MPs are having an impact

WASPI in Parliament

As the numbers of Emails grow we see more and more action from MPs. Here are a few that came to our attention. This will be updated as more actions... Read more

Works and Pensions Committee question the DWP’s Permanent Secretary Sir Peter Schofield

WASPI in Parliament

The committee asked Sir Peter some very pertinent questions about the delays in formally implementing the action plan to ensure the Maladministration experienced by WASPI women does not happen again.... Read more

Keir Starmer faces WASPI rebellion as Labour MPs join 100 demanding U-turn

WASPI in the Media

The Mirror looking at the open letter sent to the Secretary of State for Works and Pensions and drawing from that the possibility of Labour MPs supporting WASPI women and... Read more

DWP given March 2 deadline as people born in one decade could get £2,950

WASPI in the Media

The Express covering the open letter sent by MPs to the Secretary of State for Works and Pensions following emails from constituents. Many other MPs have also sent letters, some... Read more

DWP chief issues update over WASPI compensation decision as deadline looms

WASPI in the Media

This article mainly covers the Works and Pensions Committee meting held on 21st January 2026. During the meeting DWP permanent secretary Peter Schofield explained the delay on the action plan... Read more

WASPI women issued seismic update from MPs over DWP compensation

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The article in Birmingham Live covers the upcoming meeting of the MPs in the Works and Pensions Committee.. According to the report officials from the DWP will be questioned on... Read more

Back WASPI’s bid for justice

WASPI in the Media

The CSPA (Civil Service Pensioners Alliance is urging it's members to support WASPI in it's call for one million emails to be sent to MPs. The article discusses the thinking... Read more

WASPI dinner lady forced to keep working despite major illness

WASPI in the Media

Nicholas Dawson writing for the Daily Express reports on a recent Post on WASPI social media about a WASPI woman whose husband contacted WASPI wanting information for his wife. Her... Read more

WASPI women and the reactive state

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This is an article in the North East Bylines by Councillor Nick Kemp - the article is reproduced below WASPI women forced ministers to act on decades of injustice –... Read more

‘Some women have had to move back in with husbands they chose to leave’ – WASPI chair says pension age fight ‘is not over’

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Lucy Wigley writing in Women and Home considers the current situation with regards WASPI women and compensation recommended by the Ombudsman. It reflects on the decision by ministers to rethink... Read more

WASPI North Lincs meet with MP Nic Dakin

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This is what he reports on his Facebook page Nic Dakin MP On Friday I met with North Lincolnshire WASPI for a useful update on the latest steps in the... Read more

WASPI chair says pension age fight is not over

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BBC Derbyshire using Angela's story to highlight the current situation regarding compensation. The piece also discusses Stung - the play the WASPI local group have performed live and is now... Read more

Emma Lewell MP: Another year to campaign on the issues that matter to us in South Shields

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Emma Lewell MP explores some of the issues she will be working on in Parliament. Her views on and support toward WASPI women is restated in the Shields Gazette. Interesting... Read more

Unison Support for WASPI

WASPI in the Media

Unison has supported WASPI for many years and urges it's members to send emails to their MPs. Read the article by clicking here Use the map to send an email... Read more

WASPI campaign in new letter update as ministers warned

WASPI in the Media

Kieren Isgin of the Mirror reporting on the New Year initiative by WASPI to have one million emails to MPs before the ministers decision in February. The piece reports on... Read more

WASPI launches fresh push for compensation as Labour warned of ‘last chance saloon’

WASPI in the Media

The Daily Express reports on the latest initiative by WASPI. We aim for our supporters to help us send a million emails or letters to MPs urging them to write... Read more

WASPI chief issues major court warning to DWP – ‘we’re stronger than ever’

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The mirror reflecting on the readiness of the WASPI campaign to revisit legal action should the Government make an unlawful decision. The article quotes Angela Madden and revisits how the... Read more

Lee Pitcher MP asks a question in Business of the House, response by Alan Campbell MP

WASPI in Parliament

Lee Pitcher Labour, Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme I need to say that my lovely mum is a WASPI—Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign—woman. On Budget day, I met... Read more

WASPI victory hailed as UK government forced to reconsider compensation claims for pension ‘injustices’

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9th December 2025 Alan Beresford writes in Grampian Online. He covers the outcome of the Judicial Review WASPI was pursuing from the perspective of Aberdeenshire North and Moray East SNP... Read more

WASPI pension issues update on £180,000 ‘fighting fund’ from DWP

WASPI in the Media

Nicholas Dawson writing in the Mirror and the Express pays particular attention to the £180,000 the government has agreed to pay WASPI as part of the legal agreement. He goes... Read more

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