No duty of fairness to women hit by pension age rise, court told

Government lawyer also says those affected had no right to expect notification of changes

Nearly 4 million women who lost up to £47,000 each when their retirement age was increased from 60 to 66 have no right to expect fairness from the government, according to a lawyer representing the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

On the second day of a judicial review at the high court brought by the campaign group BackTo60, many of whose members received little or no notice that their pension age had been changed, Sir James Eadie QC also argued that the group had no right to expect either notification of the changes or legal remedy to soften its impact.