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Wealthy older people will see their winter fuel payments cut if Labour wins the next general election, Ed Balls is due to say later today.

The number of people saving adequately for retirement has hit an all-time low, while aspirations for pension income have risen, a Scottish Widows report has found.

The average British adult has said they need £25,783.87 net per year to maintain a comfortable standard of living in retirement, according to a report.

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Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Should SSAS be regulated?

Origen has sold its small self-administered scheme (SSAS) business to pension provider and consultant Barnett Waddingham.

Stephen Robinson, managing director of Bristol-based firm Clarke Robinson & Co, relays the story of a client forced into marriage by his pension providers.

IHT Planning Matters head Peter Legg talks about the current political motivation to clamp down on tax avoidance and what implications it could have for the planning of inheritance tax.