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50swomen latest: critical interviews on Salford City Radio and another CEDAWinLAW visit to Downing Street

This week Salford City Radio hosted a special broadcast on the continuing plight of 50swomen and gave interviews to myself and Dr Jocelynne Scutt. Jocelynne also took a petition and letter to Downing Street yesterday calling for the government to implement in line with the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Discrimination against Women and Girls which has still not been fully introduced by…

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Back at 10 Downing Street: Cedaw in Law present letters to Sir Keir Starmer

Cedar in Law delegation at Number 10 Downing Street. From Left to Right: Sharon Wheeler, Joycelene Scutt, No 10 doorman and David Hencke Cedaw in Law returned to Downing Street yesterday to deliver letters to Sir Keir Starmer asking him to intervene in the latest battle to secure justice for 50swomen. The delegation is repeating their case for mediation and recompense for the discrimination and…

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Government decision on 50swomen promised by the end of February next year

A long awaited decision on the six year battle for redress for the 3.6 million remaining 50s women has been promised by the Department for Work and Pensions by the end of February next year – as part of a deal agreed between the ministry and Waspi Ltd. Royal Courts of Justice Under the deal Waspi has dropped its judicial review claim due to be heard next week and accepted an offer by the DWP to…

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Exclusive: 50s women: Details revealed of the damning buried DWP report that derailed Pat McFadden

Pat McFadden, poses for a photograph following his appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street The 18 year old research report that derailed work and pension secretary Pat Mc Fadden and forced him to review his decision to pay nothing in compensation to 3.6 million 50s born women is a comprehensive and damning…

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Revealed: The ultra Establishment Judge who granted a cost capping order for WASPI without a hearing

Judge Jonathan Swift There was an unusual procedure in the courts in the long battle between the Department of Work and Pensions and WASPI last week. The issue was whether WASPI’s legal costs would be capped in their application for a judicial review over the government’s decision not to award compensation for partial maladministration for 50s women who faced a six year delay in getting their…

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Latest interviews on Salford City Radio on developments over mediation for 50swomen

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Time to start mediation : 50s women deliver letter to PM at Downing Street

From right to left Jocelynne Scutt, former Australian judge; Ian Byrne, Labour MP for Liverpool,West Derby and myself a journalist and a patron of CEDAWinLAW. Waspi threaten further legal action and another judicial review The present impasse over whether 50swomen should receive any compensation at all after ministers refused to pay must cease. WASPI who relied on the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s…

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Jocelynne Scutt leads charge for CEDAWinLAW at APPG on 50s women pensions

Jocelynne Scutt The All Party Parliamentary Group on 50swomen pensions finally heard from CEDAWinLaw about what they want to see the Government do about responding to compensation for the 50s women deprived of their pensions for six years. Until this month the only organisation allowed to approach the group were WASPI and their lobbyists Higgerson Strategy. The meeting was in private. An…

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