Labour MPs tear into Keir Starmer over £10.5bn Waspi women compensation snub as they brand it an 'injustice' that has left millions 'let down'
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Labour and former Labour MPs tore into Keir Starmer today after the government blocked £10.5bn of compensation for Waspi women. Former frontbencher Diane Abbott laid into the PM after some 3.8million women born in the 1950s were denied redress lined to a change in the state pension age.
![[Sir Keir was one of a number of senior Labour ministers who supported the Waspi campaign while in opposition]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93272667-0-image-a-93_1734525974122.jpg)
Ms Abbott, a close ally of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, said the women who has campaigned for compensation had led 'a sustained and passionate campaign for justice', asking him if he 'really understands how let down' they feel. And she was joined by Ian Byrne, the Liverpool West Derby MP who represented Labour until he was suspended in the autumn.
![[Sir Keir said the taxpayer cannot afford the £10 billion compensation bill for Waspi women as research showed the majority of them already knew about the changes.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/12/93271667-0-image-a-92_1734525970831.jpg)
The are the latest Labour figures to question the decision taken yesterday to deny the women almost £3,000 each. Sir Keir said the taxpayer cannot afford the £10 billion compensation bill for Waspi women as research showed the majority of them already knew about the changes.
His comments echoed those made earlier by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who, like him, backed the Waspi campaign while in opposition. Sir Keir was one of a number of senior Labour ministers who supported the Waspi campaign while in opposition. Ms Abbott, the longest continuously serving female MP, told the PM: 'The Waspi women fought one of the most sustained and passionate campaigns for justice that I can remember, year in, year out.
