state pension

Iain Duncan Smith this evening said there would be no u-turn on controversial proposals to raise the women's state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020.

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.

A group of expatriates fighting for their pensions to be indexed equally with those of UK pensioners has taken the campaign to Parliament.

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A mother and daughter kept the corpse of a grandmother hidden in an upstairs bedroom and stole her state pension, a judge ruled.

The government has set a date for the second reading of the controversial Pensions Bill.

The Prime Minister has become embroiled in the row over raising the state pension age (SPA) for women.

The shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves has urged the government to move forward with the Pensions Bill before the summer recess.

The Treasury will not allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to alter the proposals for raising the state pension age (SPA), a pensions lawyer said.

Pensions minister Steve Webb said the proposals to change the state pension age will be reconsidered.