“For the DWP to set up a scheme and invite ... Liberal Democrat MP Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife) said: “The Secretary of State says 1950s women will be disappointed.

Millions of women affected by changes to their State Pension age were told in December there will be no compensation scheme.

According to official data, the benefits department overpaid £512million in state pension and pension credit payments since 2018-20 - with £159million of this paid last year ...

However, on December 17, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall told MPs there ... cost between £3.5 billion and £10.5 billion. The DWP said: “Given the great majority of women knew that the State ...