Lib Dems prey on women in hunt for votes

Party leader Charles Kennedy MP today launched a women's manifesto outlining plans to introduce fairer citizen’s pension for women, as well as a maternity income guarantee, and free long-term care for the elderly. Kennedy says pensions is the ‘most glaring’ area of public policy which places women at a disadvantage, adding two-thirds out of two million UK pensioners living below the Government’s own poverty line are women. Kennedy said: “Pensions are currently calculated on the basis of how many years you have worked. Years spent caring for children are currently ignored when women reac...