WASPI women in blistering attack on DWP over state pension changes – ‘deep disappointment’

26th June 2026

The Express covering the reaction to the DWP’s announcement on future Communication plans on State Pension age changes. WASPI points out the even now women are only given a notification just a few years before they approach their expected retirement age.

Angela Madden chair of WASPI says “”The DWP’s long-awaited action plan is deeply disappointing.”

“The Government seems to believe that writing to people before their State Pension age changes is a new idea, but WASPI women received letters just one to two years before their pension age changed. Even now, letters are being sent to women born a decade later only one to three years before theirs changes. This is not progress.”

“It also reveals the DWP’s contempt for the women it failed and its resistance to meaningful reform.”