I used my pension to invest £2m into a crumbling stately home
Ian Morton decided to spend over £2m – including £750,000 from his pension – to help rescue a…
‘I miss the buzz of work and wish I’d saved more’: What it’s really like to retire
Retired film editor Mike Lithgow, 72, spends Fridays racing his sail-boat around the jutting coastline near his Cornwall…
Why financial planning for farm families is simpler than you think
Financial planning is often seen as complex, time-consuming and something that can wait. But in reality, it’s far…
I’m 29, earn £70,000 – and planning for a retirement without the state pension
At 29, Naythan Rafferty is a long way off retirement. But despite his age, he is already piling…
I’m quitting teaching aged 40 but I’m still set for a £750,000 pension pot
In our Pension Diaries series, we speak to people of all ages in the UK to find out…
Should I pay more into a pension to avoid the £100,000 trap?
In our weekly series, readers can email any questions about their finances to be answered by our expert,…
How I Manage My Money: Consultant, on £3,200 a month, with £80,000 pension
In our How I Manage My Money series we aim to find out how people in the UK…
The state pension is a welfare benefit, no matter how hard you worked
In theory, the triple lock on the state pension, which guarantees that pension incomes rise by either 2.5…
When I divorced, I lost my pension
When Kim Uzzell got divorced, she thought keeping the family home was the secure option. But the divorce…
Rise in number of farmers receiving the pension
Ireland’s ageing farming population has been laid bare in the latest Teagasc National Farm Survey. A drop in…
Why I used an £89,000 pension lump sum to buy five acres of woodland
Matthew Barber, 66, decided to do something a little different when he received his pension lump sum four…
How I Manage My Money: Tech manager on £165,000, adding £2,900 a month to pension
In our How I Manage My Money series we aim to find out how people in the UK…