Basic State Pension
Basic state pension rises to £107.45 a weekThe basic state pension has risen by £5.30 or 5.2 per cent to £107.45. The increase is based on the level of the consumer prices index in September 2011. |
Government to announce new flat-rate state pensionThe government is preparing to announce full details of a simplified state pension that pays a flat-rate and that will be introduced in 2015 or 2016. |
Britons rank wealth above health for retirement happinessHaving financial security has been named the most important factor for a happy retirement in a new poll of British employees. |
New political party calls for pension reformA new political party whose chief objective is reform of the pensions system in the UK has been launched. |
Pensioners 'get poorer as they get older'UK pensioners suffer greater financial hardships as they get older, according to new research. |
Buying back years to boost pensionWorkers have less than one month left to buy back missing National Insurance (NI) contributions before the government hikes up the cost to buy back one year from £421.20 to £626.60. |
Old and poor hit by inflationOlder and poorer households are hardest hit by inflation, a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found. |
Pensioners spend 40% of income on billsPensioners aged over 75 spend 40 per cent of their income on food, energy and housing, according to official figures. |
Pension bonus "derisory"The £60 bonus for pensioners announced by the government in the pre-Budget report is 'derisory' an equity release industry body has claimed. |
Post Office given card accountThe government has handed the Post Office the Post Office Card Account (POCA) contract, ditching the tender process. |
Pensioners face inflation of 9%The oldest and poorest UK pensioners are suffering from inflation rates double that of non-pensioners, it was claimed on Thursday. |
Pension Credit 'should be automatic'Pension Credits are not being taken up by enough people and should be made automatic, according to Age Concern. |
Pension boost for WW2 refugeesWorld War II refuges who escaped the Nazis from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia as children are to now receive a pension boost. |
Half of pensioners struggle to make ends meetSome 54 per cent of retirees are struggling to cope as the cost of living shoots up. |
Pension advice webchatRachel Vahey, head of pensions development at Aegon, answers your questions in a live webchat. |
Brits in their 50s can't afford to retireA poll by Scottish Widows reveals many people heading toward retirement feel they do not have sufficient pension savings to live to retire at the state retirement age - currently 65 for men and 60 for women. |
Personal pensions needed by 68% of UKTwo pensioners in three need a personal pension to live comfortably in retirement. |
Picking up the perfect pensionWhat are your pension options and how do you make the most out of your pension? |
Pensions bill publishedAfter years of wrangling in public and private the future direction state and private pensions will take has been revealed. |
End of the road for pensions?Pensions are no longer the main way people plan to pay for their retirement. |
Britons bury head in sand over cost of careOlder Britons are deluded over the cost of caring for themselves in old age - potentially leaving many financially exposed later in life. |
State pension lasts three daysBritons would run out of money after just three days if they were forced to rely on a state pension, new research reveals. |
Britons looking forward to pension yearsMore than three people in four are looking forward to finishing work and moving into retirement, despite fears over pension pots. |
Women told to save themselves from pension painWomen need to save for their own retirement to avoid poverty in retirement, ministers have said today. |
Pensioners ignoring £2bn of free moneyPensioners are not claiming between £1.5 and £2.1 billion that they are entitled to, it has emerged. |
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