state pension

I advise on PMI schemes for small groups. With many members in their 60s, what do I need to consider as they approach retirement?

The Labour opposition should have come up with a solution to help women disproportionately hit by the rise in the state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020, pensions minister Steve Webb said.

The government has so far resisted offering amendments to the Pensions Bill which would ease the lot of half a million women who will have to wait up to an extra two years for their state pension under current plans.

In video one of three, LV='s Ray Chinn discusses longevity.

Workers who delay boosting their pension pot until the last ten years of work could be risking their retirement as more than 25% of the over-55s are out of jobs due to illness or redundancy, according to Aviva.

Introducing a flat-rate state pension of £140 per week by 2016 will make five million pensioners worse off, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) said.

Jonathon Howard takes a look at potential changes to the state pension.

British pensioners living overseas have collectively lost out on a potential €13bn shortfall in their income since the global recession hit due to the falling strength of sterling against the euro, reports foreign exchange broker HiFX.

At last night's second reading of the Pensions Bill Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Webb gave two tantilising hints of softer reforms.

The government's "transitional arrangements" to help women hit hardest by the Pensions Bill could involve a pension credit concession, according to Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown.