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Newspaper headlines: Women 'owed' payouts from £35bn 'Waspi sting'

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"Pay up" says the front page of the after an ombudsman's report recommended compensation for women born in the 1950s who were not informed properly about changes to the state pension age.

There is a similar call from the , with the headline "pay them what they are owed". The says the Conservatives and Labour have been criticised for not clearly setting out how they would help.

The has spoken to some of those affected who call the ombudsman's verdict a "moral victory".

However, others are disappointed the proposed compensation - between £1,000 and just under £3,000 - falls short of what campaigners had been hoping for. In a reference to the name of the group representing them - Waspi - the paper says the women are "still feeling the sting".

With the Rwanda Bill due to return to the Commons after Easter, the reports the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Office has still not found an airline to operate deportation flights to the east African country.

Sources say officials are looking at "multiple options" - including chartering a plane from a private contractor. The paper adds the Ministry of Defence is understood to be "resisting attempts to use RAF aircraft", as they are in high demand and used for other purposes. A government spokesman is quoted as saying "robust plans are in place for future flights".

The front page of the highlights official forecasts which suggest the cost of sickness benefits will rise by more than a third by the end of the decade. The paper says the Office for Budget Responsibility expects spending on health and disability benefits to rise from around £65bn this year to £90bn in 2028-29.

According to the , a group of more than 60 lawyers from across England and Wales have called on all judges who are members of the men-only Garrick Club to resign from it immediately.

They say they are concerned by recent reporting by the paper which says dozens of senior figures in the judiciary are members of the club. The group claims membership is "incompatible with the core principles of justice, equality and fairness".

The reports Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has joined what it calls the "revolt" against the new England football shirt. As part of the new Nike design, the St George's Cross on the back of the collar now features blue and purple horizontal stripes.

The company has called it a "playful update". Sir Keir told the Sun that Nike should change the colour back to the traditional red, saying the flag in its original form is "unifying".

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