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Women left behind in the pension stakes
Women left behind in the pension stakes

The pay gap that women suffer during their working lives becomes a vast pension gap in later life, according to the latest research from Age Concern. Women receive just 32p for every £1 of income received by men in pensioner couples, and almost a quarter of single female pensioners live in poverty. The charity, which… Read more »

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Ba’ath Party members barred from new government

The new American appointed administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, has announced that thousands of members of Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party are going to be banned from joining the future Iraqi government. Speaking to reporters in Iraq, Mr Bremer declared that the decision would ‘put a stake in the heart’ of the party and would affect… Read more »