Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reassured the public it will do all it can to maintain normal services during tomorrow's strike action.

A takeover deal for James Hay Partnership has moved a step closer after the company invited two interested parties to carry out due diligence on the SIPP provider.

Workers who delay boosting their pension pot until the last ten years of work could be risking their retirement as more than 25% of the over-55s are out of jobs due to illness or redundancy, according to Aviva.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will write to 4.7 million taxpayers later this year to tell them they have over or underpaid their income tax for 2010/11.

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has chosen French finance minister Christine Lagarde as its new director.

Introducing a flat-rate state pension of £140 per week by 2016 will make five million pensioners worse off, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) said.

A possible amendment to the Finance Bill could allow married couples to share their tax free allowances to help cut their tax bill.

The prime minister will today wade into the debate over public sector pension reform, urging unions to call off strikes planned for Thursday.

The government has agreed to discuss reforms of the local government pension scheme (LGPS)separately from other public sector schemes after unions condemned its planned one-size-fits-all approach.

MPs yesterday grilled senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over concerns the government's reforms cannot be implemented.