state pension

Labour and a growing proportion of Liberal Democrat MPs plan to mount an assault on the acceleration of the state pension age (SPA), Rachel Reeves, shadow pensions minister says.

One year, seven key developments, but is the coalition doing right by pensioners?

Jonathon Howard, head of corporate clients at Courtiers Investment Services, discusses the implications of the recent green paper for State Pension reform.

Consumer demand for pensions has grown by a third since August 2010, research says.

The government has set out its intention to "transform pension saving in this country" with the launch of a green paper consultation on a single-tier £140 state pension.

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

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today recommends the UK government further increases the state pension age (SPA) to combat rising costs.

A House of Lords committee yesterday dropped an amendment to the Pensions Bill that would have created protection for transgender people against unfair state pension calculations.

The anticipated £140 flat-rate state pension will be equivalent to a private pension pot of £217,000, MetLife says.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith will announce today the government is ready to reform the state pension to a flat-rate payment.