A campaigner from Cardigan joined thousands of women at a rally outside Parliament.

The protest on October 30 was held by Women Against State Pension Injustice (WASPI) on budget day, to demand compensation for 1950s-born women who were not given enough notice about changes to their state pension age.

Rachel Nicholas from Ceredigion Preseli WASPI travelled to London to join the rally.

She said: "It was a very emotional experience, joining thousands of purple-clad women who feel as strongly as I do that the injustice we have suffered must be compensated.

Rachel Nicholas from Cardigan attended the rallyRachel Nicholas from Cardigan attended the rally (Image: Ceredigion Preseli WASPI)

"We held a minute’s silence for the WASPI women who have died.

"However, spirits were still high.

"I’m really glad I went."

On March 21, the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman ruled that 1950s-born women were due compensation for the lack of notice they were given by successive governments that their state pensions had been delayed by several years.

WASPI national chair Hilary Simpson said: "Another Budget Day has come and gone with no news of compensation for 1950s women, despite our meeting the Pensions Minister in early September.

"It’s now over seven months since the Ombudsman published his recommendations.

"The Government must treat this as a matter of urgency; a WASPI woman is dying every 13 minutes."

The women heard speeches of support from Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, John McDonnell MP, Richard Burgon MP, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women's State Pension Equality Lord Bryn Davies, and Jan Shortt, general secretary of the National Pensioners’ Convention.