Duncan Smith outlines basic state pension reforms - UPDATED

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Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has laid out plans for basic state pension reform in a bid to create a "state pensions system fit for a 21st century welfare system".

Duncan Smith told an audience of delegates at the Age UK conference the government was set to simplify the state pension to tackle the savings crisis at its root. He told delegates: "The state p...

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