Defeat for women in state pension age challenge | ITV News

Women affected by controversial changes to the state pension age have called on Parliament to intervene after they lost their landmark High Court fight.

Nearly four million women born in the 1950s have been affected by the changes, introduced by successive governments in an attempt to ensure "pension age equalisation", which have raised the state pension age from 60 to 66.

But, giving judgment on Thursday, Lord Justice Irwin and Mrs Justice Whipple dismissed the claim "on all grounds".

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