At 16, I worked six years as a hairdresser but can’t find my pension. Where is it?
In our Pensions Crisis Coach series, we aim to help ease your retirement worries. Are you concerned you’re…
Manager, on £1,100 a month, says full-time work isn’t worth it
Sophie Rayner says there currently isn’t much motivation to get a promotion as a result of having to…
Taxpayers face £39billion bill for public sector pensions
British taxpayers are facing a £39billion bill to fund public sector pensions this year, according to official figures…
How the state pension could change
Rising life expectancy and mounting costs are forcing difficult choices about who pays The UK’s state pension has…
Ministers urged to extend ‘nightmare’ deadline for paying inheritance tax
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Lifetime ISA pension bonus to be scrapped
With a LISA no longer set to be available for retirement saving, experts say now is a good…
State pension to cost every working-age Briton £1,000 in ‘higher taxes’ due to triple lock
State pension payments will cost every working-age Briton £1,000 due to the Labour Government’s decision to keep the…
The price of gold (and other precious metals) have hit record levels
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I spent £25,000 of my pension on three acres of woodland. It’s nearly doubled in value
Barry Martin said he realised the “unbelievable tax privileges” of buying woodland as part of a SIPP Barry…
Mum, on £2,000 a month in benefits, after caring for elderly parent
Paula Goddard is looking forward to getting back to work, and concerned about not having enough money for…
I spent £50,000 travelling in my 60s on a gap year
George Jerjian, now 70, took a ‘retirement gap year’ after he was given six months to live at…
Pension warning as millions miss out on ‘one per cent trick’ to boost savings by £23,000
British workers could build up between £13,000 and £23,000 in extra savings by using a simple “one per…