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Waspi campaigners threaten legal challenge over government’s rejection of compensation
Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, October 30, 2024

WASPI campaigners have threatened the government with legal action unless it reconsiders its 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 match men born in the same decade.

But Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said taxpayers cannot afford the £10.5 billion payout.

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