WASPI STING

Pension row women threaten government with court action

- BY ASHLEY COWBURN

WASPI women will today threaten to drag ministers to court over what they say is an illegal decision to deny them compensation.

Campaigners representing the 1950s-born women will send a "letter before action" to the Department for Work and Pensions.

It gives ministers 14 days to reconsider compensating them before the row heads to the High Court.

The group launched a £75,000 fundraising campaign to cover costs.

Last year a watchdog said more than three million women born in the 1950s should receive payouts and an apology due to the shambolic handling of the pension age rise.