Pensions Minister says flat-rate pension was mis-sold

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Baroness Altmann said that there was "so much misconception" around the flat-rate state pension, and admitted the changes were "mis-sold".

Speaking to Jane Garvey on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour yesterday, Altmann said that under the new system, which comes in next April 2016, women would only be better off by £8 per week. Presenter ...

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