State pension

The pensions minister has unveiled a major communications drive to broaden the public's understanding of the state pension to be introduced next April.

Proposals from Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn to let some workers retire earlier could double the cost of providing them with a state pension, warns Hargreaves Lansdown.

The state pension age is set to rise much more quickly than anticipated warns Malcolm McLean, as statistics show life expectancy has increased rapidly over the last century.

The overwhelming majority of Pension Buzz's 166 respondents thought nationalising pension provision would be detrimental for the country.

The government has published a 26-point fact sheet outlining the transitional arrangements for people who have been contracted-out in the past.

Natasha Browne takes a look at the key issues around DB contracting out ahead of the April 2016 deadline

Pensions minister Ros Altmann talks to PBUK delegates about auto-enrolment, pension flexibilities and communicating state pension reforms.

Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has pledged to ‘clear up' confusion over the new state pension.

Steve Webb sets out the big challenges facing his successor

The weekly income gap between pensioners and the working-age population has narrowed to 8% over the past two decades, according to official figures.