DWP to focus on women's pensions

An initiative is being staged in conjunction with the findings of a report into women's pensions which will form part of the National Pensions Debate, Blunkett announced yesterday during a speech to the Fabian Society, which applauds recent coverage of the topic. He argues current initiatives including pension credit and the winter fuel payments has done a great deal to improve the sitiuation as 1.3 million women pensioners have been lifted out of absolute poverty since 1997, while about two-thirds of the 5.8 million low-earners currently benefiting from the State Second Pension are women...