Women continue to retire with significantly less pension income than men.

Our research shows the gender pension gap stands at 32.9%, leaving many women facing financial disadvantage later in life, when there is little opportunity to make up the difference.

Driven by caring responsibilities, lower lifetime earnings, and inequalities within the pensions system itself, the gap remains largely ignored by government.

Prospect is calling for urgent action to measure, monitor and tackle the gender pension gap, ensuring women can look forward to a more secure retirement.

BBC office exterior
15 June 2026
A survey of Bectu members, conducted as part of a wider Prospect survey of all sectors the…
Read more 
News
15 June 2026
Head of Bectu Philippa Childs recently addressed the House of Lords Communications and…
Read more 
News
10 June 2026
Following ongoing political interference and the promotion of far right content on Elon Musk’s…
Read more 
News
10 June 2026
Peter Kyle MP, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, was the guest speaker at…
Read more 
News
9 June 2026
Each day at National Conference the delegates, comprised of more than 400 reps across each of…
Read more 
News
9 June 2026
The Organising Awards is one of the highlights of National Conference, where we celebrate the…
Read more 
News
8 June 2026
Each day at National Conference the delegates, comprised of more than 400 reps across each of…
Read more 
Get involved NOU background
News
8 June 2026
Prospect’s members’ survey 2026 gathered 5,821 responses from across the union’s…
Read more