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The Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign (WASPI) have said the UK Government has agreed a “speedy and thorough” reconsideration of whether to award 1950s-born women compensation and a court hearing scheduled for Wednesday has now been cancelled. ‌

A special hearing had been due to take place regarding concerns from the WASPI campaign which would decide whether a judicial review trial slated for December 9 and 10 should proceed. ‌

The group, representing millions of women across the UK who were affected by the way changes to the State Pension age were communicated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) under successive governments, said the agreement means these court dates have now been cancelled. ‌

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