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With annuity rates hitting 20-year lows, people reaching retirement age face a stormy future, writes Billy Burrows, director of Better Retirement Group.

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

Workers who fail to save into a private pension are missing out on £15,000 in tax relief over their lifetime, Prudential research found.

MPs have signed an early day motion (EDM) calling on the government to create a minister especially for older people.

IFG Group, the parent company of SIPP provider James Hay Partnership, has ended takeover talks with private equity firm Bregal Capital.

A group of MPs charged with scrutinising cuts to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has said it is still concerned the project is too ambitious.

SIPP provider Pointon York has announced it has received "several" approaches for a takeover.

Retirement planning is not just about pensions, but Scottish Widows' latest workplace pension report reveals private pension saving does not loom as large in most portfolios as it should.

The pensions minister this weekend showed he is no fool when it comes to political posturing.

The government may bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 as part of radical plans designed to prolong the working life of millions, according to reports over the weekend.