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Ted Hennessey

Waspi campaigners threaten legal action after ‘gaslighting’ over compensation

Waspi protesters (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Waspi campaigners have threatened the Government with legal action unless it reconsiders the decision to reject compensation for millions of women affected by changes to the state pension age.

A watchdog recommended that compensation be paid to women born in the 1950s whose state pension age was raised to be equal with men, but Sir Keir Starmer said taxpayers can not afford what could be a £10.5 billion package.

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