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Pensioners could benefit from local authority plans to freeze council tax in households across England next year.

Nationwide Building Society is set to announce today it is entering the pensions market by selling annuities for the first time through its branch network.

MPs have rejected calls to reintroduce the retail prices index (RPI) for pensions uprating in a Parliamentary debate.

Hornbuckle Mitchell is developing an online SIPP to be launched in late 2012 or early 2013.

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

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Following recent announcements that pension providers are freezing annual bonus payments, are you looking at moving your clients away from with-profits funds?

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Fiona Murphy asks advisers why home reversion plans are the underdogs of equity release and where the product can be used to a client's advantage.

Half of pre-retirees (46%) would consider retiring to a cheaper country to get better value for money, according to a survey from the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is investigating the "aggressive promotion" of using intellectual property (IP) to borrow money from small self-administered pension schemes (SSAS).