Prudential: Women must act now for full state pension

While pension reform has made strides for a fairer system, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has said a quarter of women retiring this year will not be eligible to receive the full amount. Deirdre Flood, retirement expert at Prudential said: "The closure of the pensions gender gap is happening too slowly." Research from Prudential shows women are twice as likely as men to rely on the state pension in retirement - with one fifth of women having no personal pension compared with only 9% of men. Many women will miss out because the previous system made it difficult for carers ...