State 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.

A campaign group battling controversial changes to the women's state pension age is staging a demonstration outside Parliament tomorrow in a bid to influence MPs attending the Budget.

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.

If your first child was born since 2013 and you don't bother claiming child benefit because of means-testing rules, you could be putting your state pension at risk – act NOW to protect it.

A campaign group fighting controversial changes to the women's state pension age has so far raised over £65,000 in a bid to crowdfund a legal challenge against the Government.

A parliamentary motion calling for extra measures to protect hundreds of thousands of women aged 55-65 who will be hit by changes to the state pension was unanimously passed by MPs today. But the vote isn't binding on the Government, which can choose to ignore it.

More than 106,000 people have now signed a petition protesting controversial changes to the state pension which will hit hundreds of thousands of women aged 55-65. MPs will decide if the petition should be granted a second parliamentary debate after an existing debate already scheduled for tomorrow (7 January).