TEN Labour MPs defied ministers by joining members across the Commons today to back a Bill to compensate Waspi over state-pension-age increases.

Scottish National Party parliamentary leader Stephen Flynn’s Bill was backed by 105 votes to none last night.

Ministers decided to duck a confrontation on the emotive issue by not asking MPs to oppose the Bill, which aims to manifest the recommendation of the independent ombudsman: that the women deserved compensation over official maladministration in notifying them of their pension date.