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20/06/2011

Sean Curran and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's parliamentary team report as MPs debate Government plans to make women wait longer for their state pension.

The Work and Pensions Secretary tells the Commons he is to stick to his timetable to raise and equalise the age when men and women can claim the state pension.
A number of MPs fear the move will be unfair to thousands of women in their mid to late 50s who will have to wait another 18 months, even two years, before they get their pension.
A former Foreign Secretary, Labour's Jack Straw, says the Euro is facing a "slow death" as the Greek debt crisis worsens.
And peers tell the Government it should take steps to encourage more people from ethnic minorities to go to the UK's top universities.
Sean Curran and team report on today's events in Parliament.

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Mon 20 Jun 2011 23:30

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