Keir Starmer's refusal to compensate 3.8m Waspi women will affect more than 100,000 of his Cabinet's constituents, damning figures reveal
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Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to compensate women hit by increases in the state pension age will affect more than 100,000 of his Cabinet’s constituents, new figures show. As Opposition MPs prepare to force the Government into a vote on Labour’s ‘betrayal’, ministers were accused of ignoring their own constituents.
![[Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget in the Houses of Parliament]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93333917-14211585-image-a-10_1734644371257.jpg)
New estimates by the House of Commons Library show at least 3,800 women in the Prime Minister’s seat of Holborn and St Pancras may lose out on compensation. More than 4,500 women in Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall’s seat could be hit, while 6,150 of Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s constituents will likely be affected.
![[Angela Rayner seen with WASPI women in June 2019]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93333955-14211585-image-a-11_1734644402126.jpg)
In total, more than 114,000 people in the constituencies of Cabinet ministers are estimated to be affected, according to the Commons Library data obtained by the Liberal Democrats. Lib Dem Work and Pensions spokesman Steve Darling told the Mail last night: ‘The Cabinet are ignoring thousands upon thousands of their own constituents with their decision.
![[File photo dated 31/10/2024 of WASPI campaigners stage a protest outside the Houses of Parliament, London]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93333963-14211585-image-a-12_1734644403798.jpg)
‘WASPI women deserve fair treatment, not the cold shoulder.’. Sir Keir is facing a furious backlash from his own MPs for abandoning a vow to compensate the 3.8million women who were told they would have to work five years longer to receive their pension.
![[Rachel Reeves seen alongside WASPI campaigners in 2020]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93333953-14211585-image-a-13_1734644405515.jpg)
A handout photograph, released by the UK Parliament, shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons in central London, on December 18, 2024. Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget in the Houses of Parliament.
