Thursday, 18th May 2006

Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton reveals plans to 'end injustice' to women by recognising caring contributions in a major speech to the Fabian Women's Network.

A "new deal for women" will ensure that up to 270,000 more of them receive the full basic state pension by 2020, Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton revealed in a major speech to the Fabian Women's Network on Thursday May 18th, previewing the publication of the government's pensions white paper next week.

Mr Hutton said the long-awaited reform proposals would be "the biggest renewal of our pension system since Clement Attlee's post-war Labour" in the 1940s. They would be "underpinned by a new deal for women that tackles the inequalities of a system that reflects an outdated view of family relationships, properly recognising the different ways in which people contribute to our modern society".

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