Economy

Do we need to consider the UK’s housing and pensions strategies together? The pattern of home ownership appears to be changing in the UK, with a growing number of retired renters. But could...

 Only 18 per cent of those living in rented accommodation are on track for a ‘moderate’ retirement income, compared to 51 per cent of those who have bought their own homes, according...

Younger workers are more likely to be absent from work due to poor mental health than their older colleagues according to new data. The Resolution Foundation found that last year one in...

Almost one in four (23 per cent) working adults have reduced their pension contributions as a result of the cost-of-living crisis - with one in 20 (5 per cent) stopping contributions entirely according...

JP Morgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors will leave Climate Action 100+, while BlackRock,  the world’s largest asset manager, is downgrading its corporate membership of the climate change pressure group. ...

For yet another winter, Britain faces the prospect of only a partially operating health service at the most critical time of year. The issue – as usual – is pay. But might pensions...

Global leaders and business chiefs were warned that the rate at which society is ageing is rapidly increasing, with 2.1bn people set to be aged 60 or over by 2050.  This is...

The majority of people in the UK are feeling positive about their finances for 2024, with optimism the cost of living crisis is starting to abate.  The research by Aegon found over...

The growing number of retirement renters is the biggest threat to retirement adequacy in the UK, with millions of tenants having no chance of saving enough to pay their landlord out of...

The UK Government has pledged almost £500m of climate finance aid to developing countries at the 'Finance Day' at COP28 today. It says this is part of a wider £1.6bn climate aid...