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  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    Pensions
    Child benefit ‘mistake’ leaves 200,000 families at risk of state pension reduction

    Parents could be eligible for higher retirement income relating to child benefit claims

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    Sarah O'Connor
    Living longer does not mean we should all work longer

    Health inequalities mean raising the pension age could hurt low-paid workers

  • Monday, 29 March, 2021
    Frances Coppola
    Carers are due a living wage and pension too

    Covid has amplified the hidden cost of families looking after relatives

  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    Margaret Wilson
    Why women are worse off in retirement

    £2.7bn state pension back payments are the latest indication of inequalities

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK women win £2.7bn top-up to underpaid state pensions

    About 200,000 retirees could be in line for payouts averaging £13,500 after years of shortfalls

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Retirement
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I combine my pension pots?

    The pros and cons of having all your pensions in one place

  • Saturday, 19 December, 2020
    LexAgeing Populations
    Demographics: the army of the old Premium

    Later retirement has investment implications, including putting more money in the vaunted silver purse

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Next Act
    Money Clinic Podcast: Can a second career save my retirement?

    Unable to find a job, this week’s guest is going back to university at the age of 61

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Pensions crisis
    Coronavirus threatens Europe’s pension industry

    Call for savers to be protected as rising unemployment and low interest rates inflict damage

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  • Thursday, 3 September, 2020
    Pensions
    UK confirms plan to extend age for accessing private pensions

    From 2028 individuals will have to be 57 rather than 55 to draw from their retirement savings

  • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
    Jemima Kelly
    Let’s count age backwards as we get older

    It is better to think of the years left to you than to dwell on the years already lived

  • Tuesday, 21 July, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Up to 10m UK pensioners face being worse off under reforms

    Proposals to change way annual increases for defined benefits calculated

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    Buy-to-let
    Stamp duty holiday boosts buy-to-let landlords

    Property investors set to benefit from tax savings announced in the chancellor’s summer statement

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    News in-depthPensions industry
    Deferred pension payments spread alarm in $3.9tn muni bond market

    Widening funding gaps pose a threat to US states’ credit ratings, analysts say

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    Next Act
    Thousands of women miss out on £100m in state pension payments

    Former pensions minister says many women can claim reimbursement after government error

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    Income tax
    Tax: how we will pay for the pandemic measures

    Previous manifesto promises could be broken and unpopular decisions made as the UK’s budget deficit mounts

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Budget 2020: National insurance threshold to rise from April

    Move will hand an extra £104 a year to a typical employee 

  • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Tories urged to rethink state pension age increases

    Falling life expectancy and health inequality prompts calls for changes to policy

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Government challenged over take-up of Pension Credit

    94,000 fewer people received the income top-up last year

  • Friday, 7 February, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Winter fuel payments: time to throw them on the fire? 

    A move to donate universal benefits to charity could turn up the political heat  

  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
    Portugal
    Portugal to curb tax breaks for wealthy foreigners

    ‘Golden visas’ also under scrutiny in budget that will hit big earners

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    Pensions
    Pensions boost for Britons living in the EU

    Pledge issued following passing of the Brexit withdrawal agreement

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    DWP drafts in staff to deal with influx of pension age queries

    Continuing service problems at the department, say industry experts

  • Monday, 13 January, 2020
    Low-paid workers at risk of losing full state pension

    Government accused of lack of clarity over National Insurance threshold after tax changes

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
    HMRC to act over state pension ‘missing years’

    Tax authority to address complaints about national insurance records 

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