Pensions

If you're a woman aged at least 64 or a man aged 66 or older, you should urgently investigate whether it's worth topping up your state pension – because the ability to do so closes at 11.59pm on Wednesday 5 April. For some, topping up will mean increasing their pension by £10,000s over the years. MoneySavingExpert.com's founder Martin Lewis gives his three-minute briefing.

Pensions Minister Richard Harrington has warned it would cost too much to arrange a compromise with the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) group – and called on MoneySavingExpert.com to help spread the word on pension planning.

The Pensions Minister is in favour of using self-employed people's tax returns to deduct pension savings in a move intended to help millions save for their retirement, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

A proposed ban on "cowboy" cold-callers who telephone households to target savers' pension pots will be extended to include emails and texts.

Thousands of grandparents who have given up work to help look after their grandchildren could be missing out on a state pension boost worth £1,000s over the course of their retirement, new research has revealed. But you can act now to protect your pension.

The state pension is to rise by 2.5% with retirees set to receive up to £200 a year extra next year.

Annuity providers will have to tell savers if they can get a better deal from another provider and how to get it, under proposed new rules outlined by the financial regulator.

Older savers who carry on putting money in a pension after withdrawing cash from it face new curbs on the sums they can invest.

The Government is to axe 'salary sacrifice' tax perks on a range of employee benefits such as health screening checks, company cars and mobile contracts from 5 April. But if you're already on one of these schemes or join one by 4 April, you may be able to keep the tax benefits for up to four years.