Burnham rows back on £10bn Waspi women offer

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Andy Burnham has rowed back on an apparent offer to consider a £10.5bn payout for Waspi women, a group of female pensioners who argue that they were not told about a rise in the state pension age.

Burnham had told activists that he would “stick by the Waspi women – Women Against State Pension Inequality https://www.cityam.com/burnham-rows-back-on-10bn-waspi-women-offer/">[...]

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