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.

Steve Webb has hit out at Labour's plan to lower the auto-enrolment threshold, saying it would leave low earners with a pension of less than £2 a week at retirement. Retirees need to bring home £17,500 a year to secure a "relatively modest but comfortable" retirement, according to research from Barclays. Annuity provider Partnership is to cut 100 roles as part of a multi-million pound cost saving drive sparked by the Budget changes. A financial adviser has been permitted to include a complaints time bar in his client terms of business contracts, after the Financial Conduct Authorit...

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