WASPI women have hit back at Rachel Reeves (Image: Getty)
has been savaged by the women over her reasoning behind not awarding them compensation.
Calls for women born in the 1950s to receive thousands of pounds that they feel is owed to them were rejected earlier this week by the Secretary .
is an organisation founded in 2015 that campaigns for women not properly informed about their age being raised from 60 to 65 to equalise it with men.
On the backlash to Labour’s rejection of demands for compensation, the told ITV yesterday: “I understand that women affected by the changes to the age feel disappointed by this decision.
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The WASPI women have been campaigning for compensation (Image: Getty)
“But we looked in full at the Ombudsman recommendations, and they said that around 90 percent of women did know that these changes were coming, and, as Chancellor, I have to account for every penny of taxpayers’ money spent.
“And, given that the vast majority of people did know about these changes, I didn’t judge that it would be the best use of taxpayers’ money to pay an expensive compensation bill for something that most people knew was happening.”
The WASPI group responded to Ms Reeves.
It said on X: “Raising women’s pension age has already saved the government £181billion.
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Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of betraying WASPI women (Image: Getty)
“Recompense would cost £10billion, a tiny fraction of that sum. Our polling shows that most UK adults (i.e. taxpayers) support compensation.”
Express.co.uk has reported that MPs have accused ministers within their own party of betraying the women after previously backing them in campaigns.
Rachael Maskell has described some MPs as being “in shock” while accused the Government of breaking a promise made to 3.8million women.
The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor Rachel Reeves were pictured backing the WASPIs between 2018 and 2020.