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Press Coverage

Below you will find links to some of the media's coverage of women's pensions issues.  The articles are selective, because many "online" versions of the newspapers require you to register before you can access their archives. 

The bulk of the coverage below therefore comes from the BBC website, the Telegraph and the Guardian.  However, women's pensions have been written about recently in every national paper and many regional papers as well.

 

Women's pension woe in spotlight (BBC, 30.4.04

Non means-tested pension proposed (BBC, 10.3.04)

Female Scottish OAPs live on less (BBC, 8.3.04)

Women in Wales losing out in retirement (BBC, 8.3.04)

Drive on to improve women's pensions (Guardian, 7.2.04)

"Outdated" rules treat women like third-class citizens (Telegraph, 7.2.04)

Forum brief: women's pensions (Epolitix, 2.2.04)

Women face pensions "discrepancy" (BBC, 2.2.04)

Women face pension poverty (BBC, 7.7.03)

Are women heading for the bad old days? (Guardian, 7.7.03)

Women "cannot rely on private pensions" (Guardian, 7.7.03)

Steve Webb MP on the new Pension Credit (Guardian, 31.05.03)

Women facing pension misery (BBC, 16.5.03)

Pensions hit by computer problem (BBC, 15.5.03)

A pension of 7 pence a week (BBC, 13.12.02)

Steve Webb on the radical changes needed to the whole of the pensions system (BBC, 21.11.02)

Pensions trap for women (BBC, 24.10.02)

Millions who paid in get nothing (Guardian, 12.10.02)

Hewitt slated over married women’s NI stamp row (Telegraph, 18.09.02)

Married women face 26% tax rise (Telegraph, 16.09.02)

The devil’s in the detail (Observer, 08.09.02)

Anger is spelt out to Minister (Telegraph, 07.09.02)

“I have paid so much for such a paltry sum” (Telegraph, 07.09.02)

Minister knew of muddle on pensions (Telegraph, 05.09.02)

Women’s Worth (Guardian, 05.09.02)

Millions of women entitled to weekly pension of just 7p (Guardian, 04.09.02)

Millions of women hit by pensions scandal (Telegraph, 04.09.02)

Stamp scandal spreads (Telegraph, 24.08.02)

Lifetime of payments produces 8p a week (Telegraph, 24.08.02)

Daylight robbery (Telegraph, 24.08.02)

Stamping grounds over Hewitt’s attitude (Telegraph, 24.08.02)

Women’s Equality doesn’t extend to pensions (Independent, 28.07.02)

Don’t settle for anything less (Guardian, 20.07.02)

Time to put things right (Telegraph, 13.07.02)

Women beware ministers (Telegraph, 13.07.02)

A lifetime’s work for 18p a week (Telegraph, 22.06.02)

Perils of not sorting out your pension (This is York, 23.05.02)

Campaigner’s rage at 7p pension (BBC, 10.05.02)

Lib Dems tackle pension inequality (E-politix, 08.05.02)