The Parliamentary watchdog is to investigate allegations that the new pensions minister Paul Maynard, has broken rules by using taxpayer money for party campaigning. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) said it...
A new tax band for higher earners in Scotland are likely to make increased pension contributions more attractive, to help offset these increases. The Scottish devolved government announced a new ‘advanced’ tax...
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 government has issued the new Finance Bill which contains provisions to formally abolish the lifetime allowance (LTA) on pensions. The abolition of this LTA was initially included in last year’s Spring...
The Chancellor has confirmed that the State Pension will be fully uprated in line with the triple lock which will see a 8.5 per cent uplift to payments in April next year....
Jeremy Hunt is expected to make radical changes to workplace pensions in the UK, by allowing employees to nominate which scheme their employer pays into. The Financial Times has reported that these...
Speculation is growing that the Government may include reform to Individual Savings Account (Isas) on the forthcoming Autumn Statement — although it looks unlikely that this will include changes to Lifetime Isa...
Only the poorest pensioners stand will see the full benefit of the 8.5 per cent increase in the state pension expected next year, under the terms of the triple lock. This should...
Wages are outstripping inflation, with the today CPI data from the ONS showing prices rising at 6.7 per cent year-on-year in September. This means that pensioners look set for an inflation-busting pay...
Today’s ONS figures confirm that the state pension should rise by 8.5 per cent next year. The ONS published provisional figures in September for the average earnings rise between May to July...
