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Pensions minister Torsten Bell Photo: © House of Commons/Roger Harris (CC BY 3.0)
The government will change the definition of terminal illness used for pension tax purposes in a bid to make it easier for people at the end of their life to access their pension savings.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the change will see a shift from a requirement for medical evidence that an individual is expected to live for less than one year, to the slightly mo...
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