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  • October 5, 2016
    Pension savers being left to 'fend for themselves' warns TUC

    More than a quarter of a million pension savers a year are being left to “fend for themselves” when it comes to retirement decisions, new TUC analysis has revealed today.

  • March 20, 2014
    Budget is not friendly to all pensioners

    The budget announced by UK chancellor George Osborne has been widely reported as appealing to pensioners and savers. Some measures, such as pensioner bonds, will indeed help sizeable numbers of older people. Yet for many people over retirement age, it is will not be good news overall.

  • December 5, 2013
    Putting off pensions for sick and disabled older people

    Pension age will keep rising, UK chancellor George Osborne announced in his autumn statement today (5 December 2013). Young people now finishing their education will probably have to wait until they are in their 70s. This will have a devastating effect on some areas and sections of society.

  • October 25, 2012
    Make pensioners keep working, peer urges

    People over retirement age should be required to do community work or lose some of their pension, urged former Benefits Agency head Lord Bichard.

  • April 15, 2012
    Housing market failing older people, says Shelter

    Britain’s housing market is failing to meet the needs of older people - despite a rapidly ageing population and a growing demand for retirement housing, says a new report from Shelter.