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Across the UK, many of the 13 million pensioners may be oblivious to the fact that they could be eligible for two separate benefits, collectively worth up to £10,040 over the 2025/26

When you combine rising living costs with high house prices and mortgage rates, things aren’t exactly looking up for first-time buyers. Given this outlook, it would be easy to despair. But instead,

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At 51, there are mornings when I feel closer to 70. I therefore couldn’t help feeling slight amusement to read that 70 is apparently the new 53. Research cited in the IMF’s

It’s a 55% levy on people who’ve saved too much into their pension pots, through decades of hard work and careful planning. It punishes those who’ve done the right thing by taking

We all dream of a comfortable retirement. But what does ‘comfortable’ mean to you – and what will it cost? It can be a good idea to work that out. After that,

How might Starmer make more pensioners eligible for the winter fuel payment? London Evening Standard Newspaper headlines: Starmer’s ‘U-turn’ and Trump ‘ambush’ BBC Labour does a major U-turn but does Clueless Kemi even notice?

Canada’s largest pension plan has nearly 50% of assets invested in the US Financial Times Canada Pension Fund Piles Into US Despite ‘Buy Canada’ Push Bloomberg.com F2025 Annual Report CPP Investments CPP Investments returns 9.3%

The state pension age has been changing in recent years and decades – with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) responsible for the changes that are set to come into place