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Why has my daughter's employer stopped paying into her pension?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1053+ words) By STEVE WEBB, PENSIONS EXPERT AND COLUMNIST, THIS IS MONEY My daughter's auto enrolment pension scheme wrote to her last year and said her firm would no longer be paying into her scheme. However, every month since they have deducted…...
Why YOUR company pension could be doomed - and what to do if it is
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1719+ words) By PATRICK TOOHER, CONSULTANT CITY EDITOR They sound so comfortable and reassuring. "Lifestyle" pensions conjure up images of a stress-free, fully funded world of easy living in your golden years. Millions of savers who have money in company pensions are…...
Why did I get three pension values? Steve Webb wins back "63, 000
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1276+ words) By STEVE WEBB, PENSIONS EXPERT AND COLUMNIST, THIS IS MONEY I retired in September 2025 and had my pension forecast valued at "68, 000 by Re Assure. I appointed a financial adviser who also obtained the same figure and a previous valuation was…...
Taking pension tax-free lump sum could leave you "68, 870 worse off
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1520+ words) Getting a tax-free lump sum is one of the biggest'perks'of'paying into'a pension. Savers typically use their'25 per cent tax-free cash'to clear remaining mortgages,'splash out on'new cars,'home'renovations'and trips abroad'or even to ease the strain of day-to-day living costs. But…...
Can I gift a pension annuity as surplus income inheritance tax-free?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1349+ words) By SIMON LAMBERT, THIS IS MONEY PUBLISHER I'm 76 and have "300, 000 in a self-invested personal pension that I don't need for my daily living requirements, as I also have a final salary pension from my late husband's employer and a full…...
Will YOU be let off tax on your state pension from spring 2027?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1031+ words) By TANYA JEFFERIES, PENSIONS AND INVESTMENT EDITOR The Government's plan to let older people off paying income tax if their only income is the state pension will benefit just one in 18 pensioners, a new report has found. No one who…...
Families could be denied 50% of pensions while IHT bill is settled
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1149+ words) By TANYA JEFFERIES, PENSIONS AND INVESTMENT EDITOR Bereaved families could be denied half the pensions left to them by loved ones while an inheritance tax bill is settled, under new rules from next April. People in charge of winding up…...
Why retiring is the biggest mistake you can ever make: LYNDSEY SIMPSON
1+ week, 6+ day ago (879+ words) Retirement has long been sold as the ultimate reward: decades of work followed by freedom, leisure and a well-earned rest. But what if that promise is not just outdated, but actively harmful? As more people chase early retirement and dream…...
Gen Z set to lose "69, 900 in state pension if they get it at 68
1+ week, 6+ day ago (954+ words) By TANYA JEFFERIES, PENSIONS AND INVESTMENT EDITOR Gen Z could lose out on "69, 900 in state pension after it is hiked to 68, a new study shows. The state pension age is already on the rise from 66 to 67, as extra months are…...
My state pension will be higher than my wife's - why is this?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1140+ words) By STEVE WEBB, PENSIONS EXPERT AND COLUMNIST, THIS IS MONEY I'm getting close to retirement and thought it would be useful to check my state pension forecast. I also decided to check my wife's. We both have more than 35 years…...