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How much you need to save for retirement
Follow this guide and work out exactly how much you need to save for a comfortable retirement Read more
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Brit pension savings hit record low
One in five Britons aged between 30 and retirement are not saving for retirement and many have an unrealistic idea of what their pensions will ultimately deliver Read more
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Pensions vs ISAs: how to save for retirement
New stats show that we are turning our backs on pensions, and instead sticking our money in ISAs. Which is the best way to save for retirement? Read more
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More stories on Pensions
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Pensions unfair for expat retirees
Apr 30, 2012
Campaigners are stepping up the pressure for fairer pensions for those who retire overseas, after it has emerged some are living on as little as £30 a week.
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Final Salary pensions face another blow
Apr 27, 2012
New rules on topping up final salary pensions bring both good news and bad news for firms. So will they kill or cure company pensions?
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Report warns on pension levels
Apr 25, 2012
Almost half of older employees could have to work and save for more than a decade beyond their state pension age to maintain their standard of living
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Why you'll still be working at 70
Apr 24, 2012
New report reveals that half of us will still be working a decade or more past our retirement age. But why, and what does this mean for you?
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Property is the new pension, should we worry?
Apr 23, 2012
New figures show huge increase in the number withdrawing equity to supplement their pension. But is this a clever financial solution, or a disaster-in-waiting?
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Why can't we inherit pensions?
Apr 23, 2012
One of the biggest gripes that people have about pensions is that if you die after you buy an annuity only a small part of the cash passes on to your spouse or partner and the rest is lost
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Civil servants plan pension demos
Apr 21, 2012
Civil and public servants will stage protests in the constituencies of senior cabinet ministers as part of the continuing campaign against the Government's controversial pension reforms
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Why many pension savers lose out
Apr 20, 2012
We look at the mistakes pension savers make that turn tax-advantageous products into under-performers
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Pension system 'too complicated'
Apr 20, 2012
The UK's "failing" pension system needs to be radically overhauled and simplified to make it as attractive to consumers as saving into Isas
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Contracting out your pension abolished
Apr 18, 2012
Guest blogger Stuart Grennan of Gallagher Private Clients looks at the history of contracting out pensions, and what its abolition means for your money
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MPs call for pensioner compensation
Apr 18, 2012
Treasury Select Committee says Bank of England policy has hurt savers and pensioners, and claims they ought to be compensated for it.
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You could lose your pension if you don't pay your bills
Apr 17, 2012
For the first time, a High Court judge has ruled that a pension could be drawn down and used to pay creditors
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Supporting adult children decimates pensions
Apr 17, 2012
New research shows spending on adult children means parents are not saving for retirement - with devastating consequences.
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Pensioners get fleeced again with 'granny tax II'
Apr 13, 2012
Just a month after the 2012 Budget the government has said what it will be targeting in the next and it won't be pretty as pensioners get hit again
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'£800bn pensions bombshell by 2050'
Apr 12, 2012
Britain could face a £800 billion pensions shock by 2050 as a result of its ageing population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned
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