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Government withdraws 2024 WASPI decision; retake announced after 2007 DWP evidence emerges; potential impact on December High Court hearing

Published on: 13 November 2025

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Original news Source: House of Commons debate: Pensions Volume 775: debated on Tuesday 11 November 2025

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On 11 November 2025, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pat McFadden, told Parliament that the government will revisit its December 2024 ruling on the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) matter, after fresh evidence surfaced in the current High Court legal proceedings — a 2007 DWP report reviewing the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters. He explained that this material had not been available to the former minister, Liz Kendall, and that, in the interests of fairness and transparency, the decision on how changes to the State Pension age were communicated will now be taken again, concerning the way such State Pension age changes were notified. The Secretary of State...

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