Tom Selby

Govt to pay out £1bn after chronic state pension underpayment

Pensions

Govt to pay out £1bn after chronic state pension underpayment

134,000 people – mostly women – affected

clock 22 September 2021 • 4 min read

Retirement

Controversial NI hike delayed - where next for social care?

Reports govt will break manifesto pledge to fund reform plans

clock 21 July 2021 • 5 min read

Pensions

DWP accused of maladministration over women's state pension communication

DWP failed to ‘get it right’ regarding state pension updates

clock 20 July 2021 • 2 min read

Your profession

Triple lock debate: 'Chancellor caught between devil and deep blue sea'

Almost 8% increase

clock 15 July 2021 • 5 min read

Regulation

Financial vulnerability surges to 27.7m during Covid-19 pandemic - FCA

Vulnerability shot up 15% in 2020

clock 11 February 2021 • 3 min read

Tax planning

Chancellor Sunak orders review of capital gains tax

'Feels like starting pistol for a tax grab'

clock 14 July 2020 • 3 min read

Retirement

Scrapping pensions tax-free cash to pay for IHT abolition branded 'terrible idea'

Chancellor Sajid Javid mulling IHT cut

clock 08 October 2019 • 1 min read

Investment

Investment fraud reports surge to more than 8,000 so far this year

More than 8,000 investment fraud reports have been made so far this year, more than double the amount in the same period last year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

clock 15 August 2019 • 2 min read

Retirement

Pension freedom withdrawals reach record high in Q2

£28bn withdrawn since 2015

clock 31 July 2019 • 1 min read

Retirement

SIPP providers could see cap ad increase as Woodford Equity Income considered 'non-standard'

Woodford fund gated on 29 July

clock 31 July 2019 • 3 min read