The DWP has been queried about a key reason that the Government gave for not granting compensation for the WASPI women.

WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners were devastated when the Government announced shortly before the Christmas recess that there would be no compensation payouts for the 1950s-born generation of women.

They were affected when the state pension age increased from 60 to 65 and then 66. Many claim they did not know about the change, and the Parliamentary…