Pensions

Pension age needs to rise to 72, urges think tank

The age at which people can claim the state pension needs to rise to 72 within 20 years if it is to keep pace with increases in life expectancy, a think tank said today.

Inside Pensions

Pension fund hole adds to EMI's problems

Thursday, 19 August 2010

The pension fund at EMI is in deficit to the tune of at least £115m, the music group has admitted, more than ten times the amount it previously suggested, presenting the heavily indebted company's private equity owners with a new cash crisis.

Most Britons prefer to retire abroad

Sunday, 15 August 2010

But sunnier climes may come at a heavy cost. Chiara Cavaglieri examines the financial risks

FTSE 100 firms' deficits improve

Monday, 9 August 2010

The total deficit of the FTSE 100's pension schemes was £17bn lower at the end of June than a year earlier, according to new research.

This short-term saving could leave people open to a tough retirement

Sunday, 1 August 2010

Chiara Cavaglieri and Julian Knight discover the dangers of reducing or even stopping your pension payments

The number of people on the dole rose 50 per cent while Mel Groves was chief executive of Jobcentre Plus

Jobcentre boss's pension rockets as dole queue grows

Sunday, 1 August 2010

Matt Chorley: The big rise in a civil servant's provision after a year in the job adds to the row over public sector pay

Steve Webb said the amount spent on state pensions had risen dramatically because people were living much longer

State pension is not enough to live on, minister admits

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Sean O'Grady: Millions of Britons face a 'hell of a shock' at retirement because of their failure to save.

BBC staff in pension strike ballot

Thursday, 22 July 2010

Thousands of BBC staff, including journalists and technicians, are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over pensions, unions announced yesterday.

Pension age 'may be raised to 68 sooner than feared'

Monday, 19 July 2010

More people are likely to have to wait until they are 68 before they can claim their state pension under Government plans to speed up increases to the retirement age, it was reported today.

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