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Steve Webb: Inadequate pension sharing at the end of a relationship and the continuing gender pension gap mean that women in particular are at higher risk of poverty in old age
Pensioner poverty has risen consistently over the decade from 2012/13, driven by poverty among single and divorced pensioners, LCP research shows.
The consultant's analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data found the proportion of pensioners with a household income before housing costs that is below 60% of the contemporary median...
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