Ros Altmann

The government is encouraging older people to rent out their homes to increase income. Is this ever a good idea?

Fiona Murphy looks at the financial strains affecting how women are preparing for retirement.

The Bank of England's (BoE) second round of quantitative easing (QE) will be a "Titanic disaster" for pension schemes and members, Saga says.

High street banks are moving assets they find difficult to sell off their balance sheets and into their staff pension funds.

Graduates auto-enrolled into pensions should be allowed to use their employers' contributions to pay off their debts, Ros Altmann, director-general of Saga, said.

Replacing tax relief on pensions with a matched savings scheme and setting up a "no-lose lottery" could help plug Britain's savings gap, a think tank said.

Around 20% of women aged 50 to 53 believe they will receive their state pension at 60, although their actual state pension age (SPA) is 65 and may be changed to 66.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has defended the green paper on simplifying the state pension, saying the proposals would provide better outcomes for women.

There is "no overriding reason" why a merger of national insurance (NI) and income tax should not go ahead, an actuary says.

Mortgage providers have been criticised for plans to penalise consumers who are paying into pension schemes by restricting the sums they can borrow.