state pension

Pensioners set for Autumn Statement boost

Perhaps we should all learn our lesson and not say 'there'll be nothing new on pensions' prematurely...

Single rate of about £155 per week set to be introduced in April

Pensions minister: 'I really feel for the affected women'

The introduction of the state pension from April 2016 will be scrutinised through an inquiry launched by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) select committee.

One-off lump sum payment to government

People within ten years of their state retirement age will be targeted in a new communication campaign from the Department for Work and Pensions launched to better explain state pension changes.

Pensions minister Ros Altmann has pledged to ‘clear up' confusion over the new state pension.

The vast majority of people do not defer taking their state pension, despite most being financially able to do so, losing out on as much as £19,000 extra retirement cash, according to research by Fidelity.

The government must rein in pension promises, or find the funds to back them as the state's unfunded liabilities approach £6trn, argues the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).