General election 2015

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.

The Conservative party has promised a range of cuts if it wins power in the general election in May.

The Conservative Party will promise a £1bn fund for building 400,000 new properties on brownfield sites as part of two big housing announcements in its manifesto unveiled later today.

With less than four weeks to go until the general election, wealth managers and strategists give their view on how investors should be positioned.

A Labour government would further reform the retirement market so pension providers "put savers first", the party has said in its manifesto.

Conservative party plans to remove family homes worth up to £1m from inheritance tax (IHT) will be paid for by cutting pension tax relief for those earning over £150,000.

The Labour party has announced it will go further than the Conservatives in tackling tax avoidance.

The Green party has announced it will push to increase the top rate of tax to 60p in the pound if it gains influence in the General Election.

Party leader Nick Clegg has set out Lib Dem plans to pay off the deficit by 2017/18.