Pensions

"Complicated" restrictions on the Government's scheme to support the millions of workers who will be automatically placed into workplace pensions must be removed to ensure its success, MPs warned today.

Ed Miliband has called for an end to Britain's "rip-off consumer culture", insisting the Government should intervene on exorbitant charges for savings, holidays, banking and parking.

There has been a "seismic collapse" of private sector pensions and fresh incentives are needed to boost retirement savings as auto-enrolment nears, a report warned today.

As MPs today debate making financial education a compulsory part of the school curriculum, on the back of a government e-petition tabled by Martin Lewis as part of a campaign by this website, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls (pictured, right) says young people must be taught about money matters...

The Government's plans to bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 have been met with dismay by elderly groups.

Automatic pensions enrolment for small businesses is to be delayed a year, Pensions Minister Steve Webb said today.

The Government should consider introducing a "graduated" state pension to allow people to draw some cash before they retire, which could help encourage them to continue working for longer, a thinktank recommended today.

The Government today has delayed its planned increase in the state pension age, saying that thousands of women will benefit.

Pensioners could soon get a reduced income when buying a retirement cash stream, experts warn.