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.

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17 April 2020
The Office for National Statistics has reported 14.3% of self-employed people are sole…
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17 April 2020
Bectu has welcomed new emergency funding options in Wales for individuals in the creative…
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Blog
Richard Hardy · 16 April 2020
Prospect negotiator Richard Hardy’s latest update on the union’s political work in…
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16 April 2020
Bectu’s latest submission to the Treasury outlines concrete solutions to the…
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16 April 2020
Only 2% of individuals operating as limited companies believe they are being treated fairly…
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15 April 2020
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been updated so that anyone who was on a…
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Blog
Philippa Childs · 12 April 2020
When I took over as head of Bectu 18 months ago I couldn’t have imagined that the union…
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News
9 April 2020
Prospect has negotiated protection for flexible hour contract staff in the National Trust.
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News
8 April 2020
The Treasury Select Committee has written to the Chancellor urging for action to protect more…
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News
6 April 2020
Bectu and leading theatre employer bodies have reached an agreement to allow for the…
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