'Decisive action' needed to address £100,000 gender pensions gap

20th Scottish Widows ‘Women and Retirement report’ addresses progress on gender pensions gap

Jasmine Urquhart
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Women are on track to retire on an average of £12,000 per year
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Women are on track to retire on an average of £12,000 per year

Employers and policymakers need to take “decisive action” on the gender pensions gap, which now stands at £100,000, according to Scottish Widows.

The provider's 20th annual ‘Women and Retirement Report', which surveyed 5,072 adults earlier this year, found while progress has been made on the gender wage gap and the number of women in employm...

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