• 11 November 2025

Updated 12 November 2025

A decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age will be reconsidered by the government.

Campaigners say 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not properly informed of the rise in state pension age to bring them into line with men. Last year, the government apologised for a 28-month delay in sending letters, but rejected any kind of financial payouts.

A document was not shown to Liz Kendall, who was Work and Pensions Secretary at the time of the decision, but had since come to light and needed to be considered, the government has now said.

However, A Lancashire campaigner has described the government’s decision to reconsider its policy of not compensating women affected by a change in the state pension age as a “delaying” tactic.