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Government to reconsider decision to deny Waspi women compensation
Government will reconsider compensation for 3.6 million women affected by pension age changes after discovering undisclosed 2007 evidence, ahead of December High Court review.
- In the Commons, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden announced the Government will retake its December decision on Waspi compensation after undisclosed 2007 evidence emerged during legal proceedings.
- Decades of pension reform left women born in the 1950s affected by state pension age equalisation under the 1995 and 2011 Pensions Acts, with campaigners saying 3.6 million were not properly informed.
- The Waspi campaign has launched legal action, sent a letter before action and raised funds for a High Court judicial review capped at government legal fees.
- The Government will begin work immediately and MPs will be updated soon, while a judicial review is scheduled next month in the High Court and the Government informed the court.
- The ombudsman recommended compensation between £1,000 and £2,950 each with costs up to £10.5b, but ministers said there was no evidence of 'direct financial loss', while Waspi campaign demands called for at least £10,000 each.
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Government reconsiders pensioner payout for WASPI women
Ministers are to reconsider the decision not to grant compensation to so-called 'WASPI’ - affecting up to 3.6 million women born in the 1950s, who campaigners say were not properly informed when the state pension age was raised to bring it into line with men.
·London, United Kingdom
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