UK to reconsider decision to deny Waspi women pension payouts

Millions born in 50s lost out because of government failings over changes to state retirement age, campaigners say

Millions of Waspi women" have been given fresh hope that they might receive compensation after the UK government announced it would revisit a decision to deny them payouts.

As many as 3.6 million women born in the 1950s are said to have lost out because of government failings in the way changes to the state pension age were made, prompting the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign to launch in 2015.