WASPI women could be handed compensation worth a whopping £2,950 from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) if the Labour Party government makes it a “hat-trick” of u-turns. WASPI campaigners are calling on the Labour government to relent and payout after the Ombudmsan report last year recommended they be paid £2,950 due to the historic injustices of the state pension. After the Winter Fuel Payment and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reforms u-turn, WASPI chair Angela Madden had a message for Sir Keir Starmer. She said: “Winter fuel and the PIP are but two of Labour’s major political mistakes and betrayals. Compensation to WASPI women should now make for a hat trick of u-turns. READ MORE State pension age could change for millions born in the 1970s “The independent Ombudsman’s report was clear in endorsing compensation for 1950s women. Ministers should stop wasting taxpayers’ money fighting us in court and agree to honour that recommendation.” Cat Eccles, who was elected MP for Stourbridge last year, said that she was aware of around 50 to 60 Labour rebels who were still oppposed to the DWP benefits reforms bill. Asked for her response to the U-turn, Eccles said: “I’m glad that the government is finally listening, but it’s really disappointing that it is at the 11th hour. I and others have been raising our concerns since Liz Kendall first stood at the dispatch box to announce these policies back in March, so they’ve had three months to listen. “So to say this week that they’re surprised that we’ve got these concerns is really disingenuous … I think they do need to start really being a bit more collaborative with their back benches, because we do have experience amongst us, we do have a lot of knowledge, and some of us really do know what we’re talking about, especially when it comes to the system.” “For me? No, it’s too little too late,” she said. “We’re not going to be able to see the detail in advance … It’s not good enough for me.” Asked if other Labour MPs felt the same way, Eccles replied: “It’s quite mixed. Some people are feeling quite reassured by what’s been coming out since last night … “But many of us still feel that it’s not OK – particularly around the Pip four points scoring criteria, saying that existing claimants will still get it, but new ones may not. “There’s a worry there that we’ll create a two-tier system. And it’s looking like they’ll still be billions of pounds of brutal cuts. “So it’s just too quick for MPs to be able to understand how these concessions will really work. And I think we should still be pressing pause and looking at this again.” She said: “I know some, 50 or 60 that I’m aware of, but I think there’s a whole bunch of people that we’re not aware of who are feeling uncomfortable. We may not know what they will do until Tuesday evening.”