Thursday, December 20, 2007

Betrayal of stay-at-home mothers: 8m women lose state pensions after Government u-turn

By BENEDICT BROGAN Last updated at 12:34pm on 20th December 2007

More than eight million women who took time out of work to care for their children have lost their chance of a full state pension
More than eight million women who took time out of work to care for their children have lost their chance of a full state pension after a Christmas u-turn by the Government.
Ministers have dropped plans to give women with a partial pension entitlement the chance to make up the shortfall before they retire, it emerged last night.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=503606&in_page_id=1770

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