Senior citizens in Scotland would benefit from stronger pension safeguards than those elsewhere in the UK if Scotland became independent, the finance secretary has said.
LOW-PAID women are expected to be the main beneficiaries of Government reforms that will result in 80,000 low income households in Scotland qualifying for a state pension from 2016.
HELP for women and older people will be at the heart of the Queen's Speech tomorrow as the UK Government denied proposed changes to pensions for overseas claimants were in response to the political threat from UKIP.