All news on the topic: Pensions

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Pressure mounts on Tories to save terrestrial TV from big switch off after 2040
The Broadcast 2040+ campaign is stepping up its battle - and a petition by a leading pensioners' group has crossed the 10,000-signature milestone, forcing a response from the Government
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Veterans' charity boss fired as questions asked about financial irregularities
Trustees left "trying to save" veterans' charity after firing CEO for 32 "misdemeanours"
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Topshop owner's former staff to receive retirement benefits after 2020 collapse
Arcadia's former staff members, including those working at Topshop and Topman, had faced a major pension shortfall after the company's collapse in 2020 - but they'll now be handed their full benefits
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'Shapps high on Energy but he’s still got zero ideas'
Mirror columnist Paul Routledge on the potential chaos lifting the energy cap would cause, and how new Secretary of Energy and Net-Zero, Grant Shapps, is the wrong man for the job
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OAPs demand general election amid warnings of 'two years of decline and drift'
The SurveyMonkey poll for the Silver Voices group revealed an overwhelming majority in favour of a ballot in 2023 amid growing anger at the Conservatives
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Full list of everyone Liz Truss blames for her failure as PM
The disaster-prone ex-PM complained she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her wild, uncosted tax-cutting rampage because a "powerful economic establishment" got in the way
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Martin Lewis urges people to claim 'huge' state pension top-up - see if you can
On a recent episode of the Martin Lewis Money Show, Martin Lewis explained what Specified Adult Childcare Credits were and how you could benefit from them
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Killer dances in his victim's house with twerking model who later turned on him
Mohammed El-Abboud posted several TikToks dancing with his accomplice's girlfriend, Romanian model Maria Amariucai, before murdering Louise Kam in a £4.6million romance fraud
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Yvette Cooper tells Suella Braverman 'I don't know what you do'
The shadow Home Secretary urged her Tory counterpart to 'get out of the way and let somebody else do the job' as she lashed out over the government's crime failings
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Major pension change being looked at by DWP - and it would benefit millions
A consultation on small pension pots has been launched by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with the aim of making it easier to keep track of your retirement fund
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Neil Kinnock warned you about Tories 40 years ago - now he's warning you again
Neil Kinnock gave his famous 'I warn you' speech just days before Margaret Thatcher won the 1983 general election by a landslide, 40 years later, he says his prophetic words are now "so close to reality"
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NHS waiting list frustration leads to fewer donors for transplant patients
Clinicians say potential donors and their families have become less inclined to offer organs while a record 7.2 million patients have treatment delayed.
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UK's public services at breaking point - it's time to protect right to strike
Today, the Mirror joins with the TUC and many others in fighting this assault on working people, and the unions they organise within, to Protect The Right To Strike
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'With our pension age rising we need a French lesson to stop the robbing Tories'
In France people have taken to the streets over plans to raise the state pension age to 64, while we risk a hike to 68 and barely whimper, says Paul Routledge
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Veteran devastated after using war pension to buy £28k 'unfit for road' caravan
Tony Porter and his wife Julie splashed out using a part of his pension on a £28,000 caravan to help them get out and enjoy themselves more but the expensive purchase was ridden with issues and is 'unfit for the road'
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Five key Qs answered as state pension age increase to see millions work longer
A further increase to 68-year-old was not due to happen until 2046 - however, a review released in 2017 called for this to be brought forward and now the state pension age could be set to rise even further
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Inside seaside town where life expectancy is lower than new State pension age
In Blackpool’s Bloomfield ward, in the shadow of the town’s football ground, the average life expectancy of men is just 67 years and three months - lower than the new proposed state pension age of 68
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Tory lawbreaking makes UK look 'unreliable' to global allies, warns David Lammy
The Shadow Foreign Secretary said that police fines for both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunk while in No10 - and Tory legislation that aimed to flout international law 'damages our moral authority and political credibility'
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Full list of postcodes eligible for three Cold Weather Payments worth £75
Cold Weather Payments are worth £25 and they are triggered when the average temperature in your area is recorded as, or forecast to be, 0C or below over seven consecutive days
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Exact code that shows if you have received a Cold Weather Payment this winter
Millions of Brits struggling in the cold are eligible to apply for cold weather payments worth up to £50 in areas in areas where temperatures continuously stay below zero
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PM 'won't boost free childcare because it was Liz Truss' idea', ministers claim
In her brief spell as PM Ms Truss wanted to extend the support for three and four year olds from 30 hours to 50 hours a week
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Tories accused of sending 'deliberately misleading' Green Party-style leaflets
A campaign group has written to Conservative chairman Nadhim Zahawi demanding activists stop distributing the leaflets and overhaul rules about campaign material
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'Met Police is meant to serve and protect - apologies are not cutting it'
Saira Khan says the Met needs to listen to the public, particularly women and marginalised groups. It should set up meetings and create a way for people to easily report concerns about police misconduct
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Couple facing financial ruin and eviction from mansion shot dog then themselves
John and Angela Richardson killed themselves with a shotgun in the 100-acre woodland behind their £4,500-a-month rented farmhouse, after investors started to pull out of a new business they had set up
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How much you really need for decent retirement explained - as costs soar
With soaring energy and food costs, the amount pensioners need to live a decent life has risen significantly. Here we take a look at how much is required to cover three different types of retiree lifestyles