state pension

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The issue of the frozen state pension for retirees who move abroad will be debated following a campaign by an expat group.

MPs tasked with scrutinising state pension reform have warned the transition period will be ‘long and complex' and must be communicated effectively to the 40 million people affected.

The acceleration of the introduction of the single tier flat-rate state pension to April 2016 has been confirmed by pensions minister Steve Webb.

Chancellor George Osborne is to bring forward the introduction of the flat-rate state pension and the cap on social care by a year.

The initial hike in the state pension age (SPA) for women improved public finances by £2.1bn as employment rates for both women and men increased, research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found.

State pension changes will work with automatic enrolment rules to ensure it actually 'pays to save' for retirement, the pensions minister has said.

The RP Team analyses the consequences of the publication of the long-awaited single-tier state pension white paper

Government must make the growing numbers of unemployed over-50s ‘a priority' as the state pension age rises, according to Age UK.

In this week's quick fire RP poll we asked: Will your capped drawdown clients make use of the increase in maximum income when it comes into force in March?