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  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Personal Finance
    Older women wrongly denied more than £4,000 in state pension

    Cases emerge of DWP processing errors relating to those who paid the ‘married woman’s stamp’

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Workplace pensions
    The trouble with pension projections

    Plans to standardise growth assumptions by the Financial Reporting Council are in danger of confusing savers

  • Saturday, 22 January, 2022
    Isas
    Three million cash Isa pensioners hit by inflation

    Figures raise concerns over impact of rising prices on savings

  • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Annuities deserve a fresh look

    Older pensioners can benefit from out-of-favour retirement instruments

  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    Personal Finance Advice & Comment
    Help tomorrow’s widows prepare for an income shock

    State pension reforms will hit bereaved spouse’s finances

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    State pension
    UK state pension underpayment scandal wider than feared, experts say

    Tens of thousands of additional women might be owed money because they did not know they had to claim for an uplift

  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    Pensions
    Child benefit ‘mistake’ leaves 200,000 families at risk of state pension reduction

    Parents could be eligible for higher retirement income relating to child benefit claims

  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    Margaret Wilson
    Why women are worse off in retirement

    £2.7bn state pension back payments are the latest indication of inequalities

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Will Covid alter your retirement sequence?

    The pandemic will have side effects for pensions planning

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    UK business & economy
    Relax tax rules on pensions access, argues Sir Steve Webb 

    Former pensions minister says the crisis means greater flexibility is needed 

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    News in-depthUK general election
    Labour stumbles over tax promises

    Tories jump on threat to pledge to leave alone those making less than £80,000

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    National Health Service
    Ministers risk NHS pension tax breach in bid to avert pre-poll crisis

    Emergency action to tackle hospital staffing could break rules as health climbs election agenda

  • Friday, 28 September, 2018
    UK business & economy
    High earners caught out by clampdown on pensions tax relief

    Treasury benefits to tune of £250m but critics complain of added complexity

  • Friday, 4 May, 2018
    State pension
    Windrush generation could have lost pension benefits

    Check your state retirement forecast, urges former minister

  • Friday, 27 April, 2018
    Workplace pensions
    Fears over workers ‘nudged into self-employment’

    HMRC and pension regulator urged to look at actions of employers

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
    Insurance
    Whitehall delayed pensions cold calling ban, claims ex-minister

    Civil servants resisted curbs to prevent scams, Baroness Altmann tells MPs

  • Friday, 6 October, 2017
    Final salary schemes
    FCA urged to launch full probe into pension transfer advice

    Less than half of guidance given to clients was ‘suitable’, regulator finds

  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
    Insurance
    MPs to probe pensions freedoms

    Concerns that reforms have increased the risks of scams

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2017
    Workplace pensions
    Parents could claw back child benefit by paying into pensions

    Higher earners are missing out on £171m a year, says study

  • Friday, 28 July, 2017
    Tax
    1.7m pensioners face ‘misery’ of annual tax return

    Those aged 65 and over account for growing slice of taxpayers

  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2017
    State pension
    Rise in state pension age to 68 brought forward by 7 years

    Government accelerates shift to longer working life in response to ‘demographic pressure’

  • Friday, 14 July, 2017
    Annuities
    Most retirees are using their pension freedom responsibly

    The pensioner who blows a huge pot of money on Italian sports cars is a myth

  • Friday, 23 June, 2017
    Final salary schemes
    Rules to tighten on cashing in final salary pensions

    Regulator warns tougher consumer protection rules could add £1,600 to transfer costs

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2017
    Workplace pensions
    FTSE 100 groups offer staff cash instead of pension contributions

    Cuts to tax-free allowances spur high earners to change tactics on retirement savings

  • Friday, 28 April, 2017
    Income tax
    Thousands of pensioners at risk over wrong tax codes

    ‘People should not simply assume that HMRC has got things right’

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