Female pensioners are not independent yet

Rachel Dalton examines the state of women in retirement

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Steve Webb's belief that pension reform will cut the need for joint life annuities is optimistic.

He said auto-enrolment and the universal state pension mean "we have moved on from the days when the husband had the pension and the wife had a husband". This is, at best, premature. Broadly, th...

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