State pension

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.

People approaching retirement are confused about the potential benefits of the single-tier state pension set come into effect next April, according to Saga.

Pensions minister Ros Altmann's maiden speech to the House of Lords on proposed reforms to state and private pension systems

Chancellor George Osborne's commitment to austerity might force him to break his promise on the triple lock for state pensions. Michael Klimes finds out why

The single state pension which will come in from April 2016 should not be undermined by devolution of powers to different parts of the United Kingdom says Steve Patterson.

The government has pledged to keep the triple lock on state pension increases until 2020 and to leave pensioner benefits such as the winter fuel allowance untouched.

New pensions minister Ros Altmann has outlined her primary objectives in the role, including safeguarding the retirement ‘freedoms' that were introduced last month.

PP gets the industry opinion on Webb's five years as pensions minister