Five retirement stories you might have missed

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In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

Regulation should be changed to allow a ‘national wealth service' to be established to distribute independent retirement advice more widely, according to Ros Altmann. Pensions minister Steve Webb has dismissed concerns that retirement freedoms announced in the Budget do not work alongside the government's collective defined contribution (CDC) plans. Researchers questioned 2,000 people about their perception of a happy retirement - finding that most of us long to retire by 63, with a three-bedroom home just 11 miles away from the rest of our family. Government plans to overhaul the ...

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