Govt will reconsider women's state pension changes

18 May 2011 •

Pensions minister Steve Webb said the proposals to change the state pension age will be reconsidered.

The bill contains controversial changes to the state pension, including raising the state pension age to 66 by 2020. The move will hit some women in their 50s disproportionately hard, and a petition...

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