Investment

BUDGET 2013

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will have to take into account the "growth prospects" of employers when considering the strength of their pension schemes, Chancellor George Osborne said today.

The Chancellor has been urged by a leading policy expert to consider scrapping salary sacrifice to save the treasury billions of pounds a year.

IFAonline today brings you LIVE coverage of all the measures from George Osborne's fourth Budget.

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

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Age Partnership recently issued a warning about Property Protection Trusts. Are these trusts a significant problem?

The acceleration of the introduction of the single tier flat-rate state pension to April 2016 has been confirmed by pensions minister Steve Webb.

Politicians in Cyprus are considering exempting bank accounts with deposits of 20,000 euros (£17,000) or less from the planned country-wide levy.

FIVE THINGS

Chancellor George Osborne is to bring forward the introduction of the flat-rate state pension and the cap on social care by a year.