Billions every year for that little grifting shit terrorist Zelensky, though...for as many years as it takes!
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Swinney: Waspi pension decision an 'embarrassment'
The UK government's decision to deny compensation to women affected by changes to the state pension age is a "serious embarrassment" for Scottish Labour, First Minister John Swinney has claimed.
Anas Sarwar's party said it had been hoping for "some form" of compensation for Waspi women, named after campaign group Women Against State Pension Inequality, but added the UK Labour administration had to focus "on fixing the economic mess it inherited".
Waspi says 3.6m women born in the 1950s - including hundreds of thousands in Scotland - were not properly informed of the rise in state pension age to bring them into line with men.
It described the the government's decision as an "insult".
In March, a UK parliamentary ombudsman recommended compensation of between £1,000 and £2,950 for women caught out by changes to the pension age made under previous Conservative governments.
Waspi had called for at least £10,000 each.
Although UK Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall apologised for a 28-month delay in sending letters warning of the pension change, she said there was no evidence of "direct financial loss" resulting from the government's decision.
She said the compensation scheme would cost £10.5bn and would not be "fair or proportionate to taxpayers".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3zee35x6ko
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