Retirement

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has followed the chant of the Association of Consultant Actuaries for a voluntary pension system, warning that UK business will not accept footing the bill for the pension crisis by a future increase in taxes.

In a belated response to the Pensions Commission report released in October last year, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has called for a higher consolidated State pension, along with later retirement and a stop to contracting out.

Punter Southall has published an A-Day survival guide providing tips and tackling questions people may be asking in the run up to its launch.

Revenue guidance given to one financial adviser suggests it might be possible to draw on a Sipp to invest in off-plan residential property BEFORE 6 April 2006 - but then again maybe not.

A new £13m fund has been launched by Pensions Minister Malcolm Wicks, to finance local initiatives which should fast-track the take-up of benefits for Britain's older population.

Members of public service union, Unison have agreed to back strike action apposing a Government proposal to increase the workers' pension age from 60 to 65.

The FSA has prohibited financial adviser Michael Harding from holding any position as an Approved Person after the FSA discovered he had misled the regulator about completing his firm's Pensions Review and had in fact contacted no clients at all.

Six out of ten Britons believe they will be forced to work well past the age of 70 as a result of their mortgage payment responsibilities, new research indicates.

A long running wage dispute at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is near its end after DWP branch secretaries of the union agreed to certain increases.

A reversal on rules by Government regarding pensions sharing and divorce will enable the majority of divorcees to rebuild their pension rights within the tax-approved pension system.