All State pension articles
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NewsWhat the Pensions Commission will do – and what it won’t
The government has set out the terms of reference for the Pensions Commission, but also omitted several areas as being “out of scope” – which has led one former pensions minister to warn that the commission has “one arm tied behind its back”.
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NewsPPI’s Suzy Morrissey to lead state pension age review work
The government has launched its latest statutory review of the state pension age, which is due to rise to 68 by the 2040s.
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OpinionThe Friday Takeaway: DWP prepares some light holiday reading
Pensions Expert editor Nick Reeve looks forward (again) to a momentous week for the UK pensions sector.
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NewsIFS recommends state pension and auto-enrolment changes to boost adequacy
Recommendations from the IFS’s two-and-a-half-year research project could boost private savings by £11bn a year and help improve pension outcomes, the institute says.
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NewsPensions adequacy hangs in the balance
Hargreaves Lansdown worked with Oxford Economics to assess how pension adequacy is currently measured and how each measure works for different groups.
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NewsSpring Statement: All quiet on the pensions front – but state pension concerns loom large
While the Spring Statement brought no new developments for the pension sector, the UK’s fragile economic and fiscal situation means the state pension is under increasing scrutiny, as Pensions Expert explores.
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NewsScrap triple lock to soften welfare cuts blow, says think tank
Rachel Reeves should scrap the triple lock on the state pension in order to relax some of the government’s recent “contentious” welfare cuts, according to a think tank.
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NewsWork and Pensions Committee demands answers on WASPI compensation
The Work and Pensions Committee chair Debbie Abrahams has written to the Work and Pensions Secretary asking for more information about the government’s decision not to compensate women who were affected by the rise in the state pension age.
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FeaturesDashboards Nine-Nine: Connecting the state pension
With live data connections to the dashboards ecosystem just two months away, our series of articles from independent consultant Richard Smith approaches a climax as he explores the last of his nine pensions.
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NewsMPs seek to force government’s hand on WASPI compensation
MPs have tabled a bill aimed at forcing the government to compensate women who were victims of maladministration related to the rise in the state pension age.
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NewsNo compensation for WASPI women, says government
The government will not pay any compensation to women born in the 1950s and affected by the rise in the state pension age.
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OpinionTime to end state pension injustice for Caribbean recipients
Janice Turner, co-chair of the Association of Member-Nominated Trustees, explains how the legacy of slavery and colonialism continues to affect overseas recipients of the UK state pension.
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NewsData casts doubt on Conservatives’ state pension pledge
Data from LCP has called into question the Conservative Party’s “triple lock plus” policy and its promise to pensioners that they will “never” be taxed on their state pension.
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NewsTories confirm ‘triple lock plus’ but pot for life missing
The Conservative Party has confirmed its intention to link the state pension triple lock to the tax-free allowance in its election manifesto.
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NewsThe trouble with the triple lock
With the Conservatives proposing a “triple lock plus” for the state pension, Pensions Expert looks at feasibility, affordability, and other options.
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NewsOmbudsman slams DWP over state pension age increases
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) may be forced to pay compensation to women born in the 1950s after a report found the department had failed to communicate changes adequately.
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FeaturesWhat do national insurance cuts mean for the state pension?
The second cut to National Insurance in six months, and growing rumours of the tax’s eventual abolishment, have raised questions about what this means for the state pension.
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NewsState pension age ‘must rise to 71’, research shows
New data from the International Longevity Centre suggests that the UK’s state pension age must increase at a far greater rate than currently planned.
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NewsThe IFS calls to end the state pension triple lock
The IFS has published a report outlining how the triple lock has resulted in unpredictable and sometimes overly generous increases to the state pension.
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NewsExperts praise Chancellor’s pledge to keep triple lock in autumn statement.
State Pension will rise by 8.5 per cent - amounting to more than £900 a year.