The new state pension, introduced in April, includes a change in the rules that means you have to have ten years of National Insurance contributions to get any state pension
Pensions & Retirement
Planned changes to the British Steel pension fund – who could lose out?
The government is currently consulting on changes to the British Steel pension fund
Sir Philip Green is paying up to £363 million to the BHS pension scheme
Sir Philip Green has said he will give up to £363 million to the BHS pension scheme
Should you be offered pensions guidance as the ‘default’ option when you retire?
The pension freedoms mean you have much more choice about what you do with your pension when you retire
Ros Altmann says Stephen Crabb, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will meet the WASPI campaigners
The Pensions Minister, Ros Altmann, appeared before the Work and Pensions Committee and said that the Minister for Work and Pensions, Stephen Crabb was meeting the WASPI (women against state pension age inequality) campaigners
Pensions jargon explained – what pension terms mean
Confused by pensions jargon and terminology
10 things you need to know about the new state pension from April 2016
There’s a new ‘flat rate’ state pension that came in on April 6th – paid to anyone who reaches state pension age from now
MPs say that 1950s women could get early access to their state pension
A parliamentary committee has recommended that women who’ve been affected by the rises in state pension age from 60 to 65 or 66 should be able to get their state pension paid early
Contracting out and the new state pension – how do you work out what you’ll get?
If you reach state pension age after April 5th 2016, you’ll receive the new state pension
The government’s first state pension age review – what could it recommend and how can you get involved?
This week the Pensions Minister, Ros Altmann, announced that the first state pension age review would take place and who would lead it
The latest state pension debate – what happened?
The latest parliamentary debate on the rise in state pension age took place today, as a result of the WASPI state pension age campaign
The WASPI petition debate – any hope for women affected by state pension age rises?
The petition calling for transitional measures for women born in the 1950s affected by the rises in state pension age was debated in parliament today
High pension exit fees are to be scrapped. What could it mean?
If you want to take money out of your pension, using the pension ‘freedoms’ you may have to pay an exit fee
The Pensions Minister says there’s no money for women born in the 1950s affected by the state pension age rise
The Pensions Minister gave evidence to a parliamentary committee about the new state pension – and was also asked about the WASPI campaign by women born in the 1950s for help with delays to their state pension age
Parliamentary debate on transitional arrangements for women affected by the state pension age rise – what happened?
Today there was a backbench debate about the rises in state pension age and their effects on women born in the 1950s
The government has abandoned plans for people to sell their annuity
If you’ve bought an annuity with your pension pot, you were going to be able to sell it from April 2017 in return for a cash lump sum
Your state pension if you move abroad; will it be frozen and how to claim
If you want to spend your retirement abroad, your state pension may be frozen (it depends on where you retire to)
Will you have to take financial advice to take money out of your pension under pension freedoms?
The ‘pension freedoms’ that came in on April 6th 2015 mean that if you have a pension ‘pot’ type of pension, you can take as much or as little cash out of it as you like, as long as you’re aged 55 or over
What do SavvyWoman users think of the new state pension being introduced in April 2016?
Only three quarters of women who will reach state pension age after April 5th 2016, have heard of the single tier or flat rate state pension
Same sex couples and couples who live together – what are the rules on inheriting pensions?
If you’re in a same sex marriage or have a civil partner, what are the rules on inheriting pensions
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