Unless you want to live on the state pension, you’ll need to save for your retirement, and a pension is a good way of doing that
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Pensions & Retirement
SavvyWoman Survey: State pension
How do you feel about the state pension
How to avoid retiring on £23 a day
If you don’t have a pension or other savings you can live off when you retire, you could be living on £23 a day
Labour plans early state pension for WASPI women
Labour has announced plans to let some women take their state pension up to two years early
Are you worried about pension scams?
Please vote in our poll
Benefits you can claim before state pension age
I get lots of emails from WASPI women whose state pension has been delayed
What is a pension deficit? Should you be worried if you’re in a pension that has a deficit?
The news headlines are regularly full of stories about pension schemes having a pension deficit
Older women are £50 a week worse off because of the rise in the state pension age
New research shows that older women are poorer because of the rise in state pension age
The state pension age will rise to 68 between 2037 and 39
The state pension age will rise from 67 to 68 seven years earlier than planned – starting from 2037
How did/would you take money out of your pension
Please vote in our poll
What are people doing with their pensions since pension freedoms?
It’s been over two years since pension freedoms were introduced
WASPI women could take up apprenticeships, says Pensions Minister
The government is coming under increasing pressure to offer financial help to 1950s women in the latest WASPI state pension age debate
What is the pensions dashboard? The pensions dashboard is due in 2019
If you have several pensions, it should be easier to keep track of them in the future as the pensions dashboard is due in 2019
The Cridland state pension age review – recommendations to government
John Cridland has published his final report on future rises in the state pension age
Up to 200,000 pensioners could get compensation for buying the wrong annuity
Two pension providers look likely to pay compensation to thousands of pensioners who bought the wrong annuity
WASPI state pension campaign group latest action
The WASPI state pension campaign group latest action – what’s going on
Pension court ruling for cohabiting couples
A Supreme Court ruling means that pension schemes may have to make changes so cohabiting couples inherit
National Insurance credits – NI credits could increase your state pension
If you’re bringing up your child, not working and not getting benefits or caring for a family member, you may be entitled to National Insurance credits
The pros and cons of transferring a final salary pension
If you have a final salary pension, should you transfer it
Future rises to the state pension age – what does the independent interim report say?
An interim report into future rises to the state pension age says that people could be given early access to their state pension and that there may be more than one state pension age
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