The group of women born in the 1950s say the rise in the state pension age led them to suffer financially.
Thousands of women affected by changes in the state pension age are owed compensation and an apology, a report has concluded.
The 1995 Pensions Act and subsequent legislation raised the state pension age for women born on or after April 6 1950 from 60 to 65, then further to 66 - making it the same as the men's state pension age. Waspi campaigners had called for compensation of £10,000 for all 3.8 million women, but the report recommends between £1,000 and £2,950.
“DWP has clearly indicated that it will refuse to comply. This is unacceptable. The department must do the right thing and it must be held to account for failure to do so.“Given the significant concerns we have that it will fail to act on our findings, and given the need to make things right for the affected women as soon as possible, we have proactively asked Parliament to intervene and hold the department to account.
Speaking before the report's release, Health Minister Andrea Leadsom said: "I've had a number of constituents of my own who've talked to me about this over the years, and I do completely understand the issue".
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