state pension

Fiona Murphy asks whether the flat rate state pension will go ahead.

A fifth of people approaching retirement will suffer large income falls and should expect to have to rely on savings and inheritances when they stop working, a report has found.

Self-employed people who plough their income into their business and dismiss retirement planning are taking a risk, research has suggested.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has urged the industry to "take a chill pill" on the schedule for state pension reform.

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Older people are struggling to access financial services because products and industry do not connect with them, suggests research.

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

The government is to re-examine plans for a £140 flat rate state pension amid worries about the potential political fallout.

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

About half a million people who are approaching the current state pension age (SPA) are too ill to work, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said.