Fair distribution of pension wealth ‘must not be overlooked during divorces’

Care must be taken to make sure a shake-up to divorce rules does not negatively impact women’s pension rights, according to a former pensions minister.

Divorced women can already be at high risk of poverty in retirement because often relatively little attention is given to financial settlements which fully factor in pension wealth, former Liberal Democrat pensions minister Sir Steve Webb said.

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