All State pension articles – Page 2
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NewsAuto enrolment will be extended to younger workers as bill is granted Royal Assent
A private members bill which will mean that workers under the age of 22 are automatically enrolled into a pension, has passed its third reading in the House of Lords.
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NewsState pension triple lock could cost up to £45bn a year by 2050
As the Office for National Statistics prepares to release its estimate for average earnings growth, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) issues a warning over the cost of the triple lock to taxpayers.
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OpinionTime to get pumped about pensions
The week to get pumped for pensions is nearly here. Pensions Awareness week is an opportunity to get scheme members excited about their savings.
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NewsFalling inflation may benefit state pensioners in the short term
The headline rate of inflation was down again in July 2023, for the second consecutive month.
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NewsTriple lock: Government faces £9bn bill to inflation-proof state pension
State pension triple lock bill will rise on the back of inflation hikes and wage data, according to interactive investor.
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NewsRetirement and poverty, Scottish Widows warns of growing generation gap
The life office and pensions provider has launched the National Retirement Forecast (NRF) which aims to provide "forensic analysis of the challenges faced by different demographics".
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NewsRising inflation and triple lock pledge will boost pensions payments
Pensioners could see their income boosted next year as 'sticky inflation' drives another expected significant rise in the state pension, consultancy Broadstone has claimed.
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NewsState pension age review to be published by May
On the go: The state pension age review will be published by May of this year, the pensions minister has confirmed.
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OpinionGovernment disappoints in auto-enrolment inquiry responses
Broadstone head of policy David Brooks is calling on the government to start advising people that current minimum contributions will not be enough for a comfortable retirement.
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NewsInflation drives 18% surge to ‘minimum’ cost of retirement
Retirees trying to achieve a basic standard of living will have seen their expenditure increase over the past year by almost 20 per cent due to high inflation, according to the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s retirement living standards.
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NewsPHSO finds ‘maladministration’ in DWP’s complaint handling
On the go: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has found evidence of “maladministration” in the Department for Work and Pensions’ communication about changes in women’s state pension and in its complaints handling.
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NewsRetirement standards compromised by changes in pensions system
On the go: Changes made to the UK pensions system are positive for sustainability but are leaving savers’ retirement standards compromised.
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NewsGovernment retains state pension triple lock
On the go: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that the pensions triple lock is to be protected.
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NewsState pension age review to be published next year
On the go: The state pension age review will be published in early 2023, the chancellor has said.
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NewsHunt declines to commit to state pension inflation uprating
On the go: Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt has told the chair of the work and pensions select committee that “there are difficult decisions to be made” in response to a request that social security benefits and state pensions be uprated in April 2023 in line with the consumer price index inflation rate recorded in September 2022.
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NewsOpperman returns to DWP as minister of state
On the go: Guy Opperman has been appointed as a minister of state at the Department for Work and Pensions, a little over a month after being let go as pensions minister.
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NewsChancellor non-committal on pensions triple lock
On the go: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says he is “not making any commitments” on the pension triple lock, just weeks after his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng reiterated the government’s commitment to this safeguard.
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NewsBurghart announced as minister for pensions and growth
On the go: Alex Burghart MP has been confirmed as minister for pensions and growth at the Department for Work and Pensions
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NewsPLSA pension reforms ‘could add £4,000 to retirement income’
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has warned that without reform of the pensions system, more than half of savers will fail to meet the retirement income targets set by the Pensions Commission in 2005.
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NewsDB members could lose £25,000 to inflation increase caps
On the go: Members could stand to lose out on £1,200 a year due to caps on inflationary increases in defined benefit schemes, amounting to £25,000 of missed income over a lifetime, according to analysis from XPS Pensions Group.