Watch live: Starmer grilled by senior MPs after Waspi compensation backlash
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Watch live: Starmer grilled by senior MPs after Waspi compensation backlash

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer is grilled by senior MPs on the liaison committee on Thursday, 19 December — the first time since he was elected in July. It comes as the prime minister faces backlash as he is accused of breaking a promise in a decision not to compensate Waspi women. Sir Keir faces a growing Labour rebellion over the issue, with up to 50 Labour MPs saying they would vote against the government’s decision to rule out spending £10bn compensating the women if a vote is held, The Independent understands.

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Keir Starmer ‘doesn’t have a feel for politics’ or the Labour Party, Diane Abbott says
2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer ‘doesn’t have a feel for politics’ or the Labour Party, Diane Abbott says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has no feel for politics or the Labour …

Keir Starmer's refusal to compensate 3.8m Waspi women will affect more than 100,000 of his Cabinet's constituents, damning figures reveal
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Keir Starmer's refusal to compensate 3.8m Waspi women will affect more than 100,000 of his Cabinet's constituents, damning figures reveal

Daily Mail  

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. A handout photograph, released by the UK Parliament, shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister's Questions session in the House of Commons in central London, on December 18, 2024 Waspi …

Waspi women warn Keir Starmer and Labour after £10.5billion betrayal
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Waspi women warn Keir Starmer and Labour after £10.5billion betrayal

Daily Mail  

WASPI women have vowed to continue their fight for justice after Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to payout £10.5billion to millions of female pensioners. Angela Madden, chair of the Women Against State Pension Inequality group, has vowed to continue their fight for justice after Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to payout £10.5billion to millions of female pensioners Keir Starmer is …

More Labour MPs join revolt over WASPI women as it emerges Chancellor Rachel Reeves campaigned for compensation alongside her MUM for those who suffered 'injustice'
2 weeks, 6 days ago

More Labour MPs join revolt over WASPI women as it emerges Chancellor Rachel Reeves campaigned for compensation alongside her MUM for those who suffered 'injustice'

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing backlash to his decision to block compensation for millions of Waspi women - as it was revealed the Chancellor once railed against the 'injustice' they faced alongside her mother. Sir Keir, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall – who ruled out a compensation package on Tuesday – are among …

Waspi women latest: Starmer accused of ‘breaking promise’ as he denies ‘misleading’ women over compensation
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3 weeks ago

Waspi women latest: Starmer accused of ‘breaking promise’ as he denies ‘misleading’ women over compensation

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✕ Close Diane Abbott Confronts Keir Starmer Over Waspi Compensation 'Betrayal' 1 Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy …

Waspi women latest: Starmer accused of ‘breaking promise’ as he denies ‘misleading’ women over compensation
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3 weeks ago

Waspi women latest: Starmer accused of ‘breaking promise’ as he denies ‘misleading’ women over compensation

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All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash
3 weeks ago

All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. scrap punitive sanctions, two-child limit and benefits cap.” But before the election, Sir Keir said …

Keir Starmer faces calls to give MPs a vote on Waspi women compensation
3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer faces calls to give MPs a vote on Waspi women compensation

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Watch: Starmer faces Badenoch in final PMQs of 2024 as Labour defends Waspi compensation refusal
3 weeks ago

Watch: Starmer faces Badenoch in final PMQs of 2024 as Labour defends Waspi compensation refusal

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The Waspi women scandal shows Keir Starmer is surrounded by advisers who are a bit too male and stale ?
3 weeks ago

The Waspi women scandal shows Keir Starmer is surrounded by advisers who are a bit too male and stale ?

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What is Keir Starmer’s problem? She was ostensibly praising Starmer when she described him as being “like a civil servant”, telling the BBC: “I’ve described him before as like a civil servant in the way that he does it, because he has a duty and he feels that public service duty to deliver for the people.” Awkwardly for Rayner, the …

Labour accused of betraying WASPI women to win election after compensation snub
3 weeks ago

Labour accused of betraying WASPI women to win election after compensation snub

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Starmer ‘treated me as a non-person’ during Tory donor row, says Abbott
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer ‘treated me as a non-person’ during Tory donor row, says Abbott

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer treated Diane Abbott as a “non-person” after …

Waspi women deserve justice over the pensions scandal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Waspi women deserve justice over the pensions scandal

The Independent  

Blunders happen in all bureaucracies, and the Department for Work and Pensions, and its previous incarnations, are no exception. However, the scale of the financial and emotional damage wreaked on the Women Against State Pension Inequality – the so-called Waspi women – effectively robbed of a very large proportion of their state pension, is both wide and grievous. That is …

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