Retirement

The Green Party has pledged to reform private pensions, channeling some of the money spent on pension relief towards creating a "more generous" state pension.

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has announced plans for a retirement ‘window' allowing pensioners to take a slightly lower weekly state pension from the age of 65.

The Liberal Democrats want to enshrine the ‘triple lock' on the state pension into law and raise the tax-free allowance to £12,500 as the party unveiled its manifesto ahead of next month's general election.

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The majority of well-off pre-retirees are well prepared for pensions freedom and choice despite lack of contact from providers about the changes, a survey from website RetireEasy has found.

Assessing the Tory IHT/pension tax relief pledge

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is in discussions with the regulator and government to introduce additional safeguards to defined benefit (DB) pension transfers where the client wants to act against the advice they received.

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