The Chancellor said the safeguard would be kept throughout the next parliament under the Conservatives, suggesting the party was confident it would be able to pay for it
Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor, has made a promise to keep the triple lock for pensions in the Tory election manifesto. However, he did not commit to compensation for the so-called Waspi women.
He denied delaying the decision for a future government to handle, as Labour leads in opinion polls ahead of this year's election. He said the issue raised by the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign was "genuinely more complicated" than others where compensation has been promised. "So it appears to say something different and we do need to get to the bottom of that apparent difference between the two."Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.
Campaigners are calling for action following the report. They warn that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be on a "sticky wicket" seeking votes from Waspi women when he goes to the country later this year if he follows the ombudsman's findings.
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