Overview
- Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden told MPs the Government will retake last December’s decision on redress for women born in the 1950s.
- The reassessment does not promise payments, and even a court win would only require ministers to reconsider their stance rather than trigger automatic compensation.
- Women Against State Pension Inequality has a High Court judicial review listed for 9–10 December to challenge the no‑compensation position.
- The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found maladministration, citing a 28‑month delay in DWP letters, and recommended £1,000–£2,950 per affected woman.
- The DWP accepted the maladministration finding and apologised but disputes the Ombudsman’s remedy, while campaigners have raised more than £250,000 to fund the case.