Why am I suddenly being hit with £600 extra in tax a month on my pensions? STEVE WEBB replies
I am a 76 year old pensioner. I receive a private pension from the civil service pension scheme,…
How do I find out if my state pension is right? 17 years of HRP are missing from my record: STEVE WEBB replies
I have queried with the Department for Work and Pensions the fact that on my National Insurance records…
Will letting employers keep final salary pension surpluses endanger savers’ funds? STEVE WEBB replies
The Pension Schemes Bill currently making its way through parliament looks like making it easy for employers to…
Pension admin is too often done poorly or ‘on the cheap’ and it’s savers who lose out, says STEVE WEBB
Sir Steve Webb is celebrating ten years as our retirement columnist, says This is Money publisher Simon Lambert…
I’ve been left £20,000 can I pass it to my kids as ‘surplus income’ free of inheritance tax?
I have recently received just under £20,000 from my late mother’s will and passed some to my children…
We have two homes but our estate is worth under £1M, can we pass it all on inheritance tax free?
Can we leave two houses to our children without them paying inheritance tax? The value of our estate…
Will I get a lower state pension after ‘contracting out’ for 25 years? STEVE WEBB replies
Will I see some kind of penalty when I take my state pension at age 67, having ‘contracted…
I ‘contracted out’ when Margaret Thatcher was PM – did it benefit my pension? STEVE WEBB replies
In the 1980s during Margaret Thatcher’s time as Prime Minister, when I was in my 20s, we were…
My Catalan wife has lived in Britain for 45 years but gets no state pension – why is this? STEVE WEBB replies
My partner is a Catalan women who has been a resident in the UK for 45 years, and…
Why won’t I get my state pension on my 66th birthday? STEVE WEBB replies
By STEVE WEBB, PENSIONS EXPERT, THIS IS MONEY Updated: 03:01 EDT, 22 September 2025 I will receive my…
Despairing pensioner hunts for lost £3,200 state pension top-up for THREE AND A HALF years
A 69-year-old retired nurse whose £3,200 state pension top-up went missing for three and a half years was…
I delayed taking my state pension so why have I received a tax demand for last year? STEVE WEBB replies
I am a single woman who turned 66 in July 2024 and would have been entitled to the…