Overview
- Ministers have committed to use their best endeavours to complete the reconsideration within 12 weeks, targeting February 24, 2026.
- The High Court’s short hearing set for December 3 and the full judicial review listed for December 9–10 have been cancelled or paused during the rethink.
- WASPI says it will relaunch the case if the new decision repeats the legal errors alleged in the December 2024 rejection.
- The PHSO found DWP maladministration and recommended payments up to £2,950 per woman, which the Government previously declined, citing a potential £10.5bn cost.
- Campaigners say the Government has backed down, while the DWP calls that a mischaracterisation and confirms it will retake the decision and cover more than half of WASPI’s legal costs.