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Andy Burnham rules out paying compensation to Waspi women

Labour leadership hopeful says he does not support payments after backlash but is open to other benefits Andy Burnham has ruled out paying compensation to the “Waspi women” who claim they lost out owing to changes to the state pension age – but said he was open to the idea of giving them other benefits. Burnham had previously indicated he backed compensating as many as 3.6 million women born in the 1950s, some of whom claim they lost thousands of pounds because they were ill-informed about th...

By Jessica Elgot

Andy Burnham backtracks on paying compensation to Waspi women

He earlier said they ‘deserve some recompense’, but has now rowed back on that position

By Helen Corbett and Christopher McKeon

Makerfield by-election and the reshaping of Britain

Sean Whelan profiles the Makerfield constituency and talks to Andy Burnham, who is seeking a return to Westminister in order to launch a leadership bid.