Ministers urged to act quickly on state pension communication compensation plans

The Government is being pressed by MPs to bring proposals forward before the summer recess to provide compensation for women affected by failures to communicate increases in the state pension age.

In a report published in March, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) asked Parliament to identify how to provide an appropriate remedy for those who have suffered injustice because of maladministration on the part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Sir , chairman of the Work and Pensions Committee, has written to Work and Pensions