state pension

Three trade unions have joined forced to launch a campaign against government proposals to increase the UK state pension age to 68.

Almost half of workers aged over 50 will have to work an additional 11 years post-state retirement age to replicate their current living standards in retirement, research has shown.

We're all living longer and the government has taken notice. What does it mean for retirement planning? Fiona Murphy finds out

The government will attempt to address inequalities in the state pension between civil partners and married couples as it considers marriage equality.

John Walbaum puts forward a different approach to helping retirees attain a decent income.

Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the man convicted of murdering 13 women in the 1970s, is to argue in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that he has the right to a state pension.

Average retirement ages rose by almost one year between 2004 and 2010 according to research published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of a pensions "apartheid" between the public and private sector if reforms are not pushed through for public sector workers.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is disbanding an overseas team of pensions officers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Yemen.

The government has set up a working group to look into unfreezing state pensions for British expatriates.