If the court agrees that the ombudsman has made errors, his decisions on the injustice Waspi women suffered will have to be made again, lawfully.
A DWP spokesperson said: “The government decided over 25 years ago it was going to make the SPA age the same for men and women.
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“Both the High Court and Court of Appeal have supported the actions of the DWP under successive governments dating back to 1995 and the Supreme Court refused the claimants permission to appeal.”
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