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Lucy Wigley

'The government knows it got it wrong' – will payouts finally come to Waspi women hit by pension age hikes?

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaigners and their supporters demonstrate in Parliament Square on Budget Day.

The government will reconsider its stance on Waspi payouts for women affected by the pension scandal. They previously reached the decision to reject compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age.

A report by the UK Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman released in March 2024 called on the government to compensate the 3.6 million British women born in the 1950s, who were not properly informed of the rise in state pension age.

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