All news on the topic: Pensions

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Pensioner forced to return to work after being left with £6 a month to live on
Rob Trewhella, 67, says all the money he gets through his State Pension is spent on his rent, council tax and electricity - forcing him to take a job as a taxi driver to survive
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Pensioner has 'no spare cash' left after his rent more than doubles
Robert Felstead, 64, has lived in the same house in Nottingham for 14 years. He's now launched a petition to see an annual cap placed on price increases
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What is the biggest money worry keeping you awake at night? Take our poll
A toxic combination of spiralling inflation, unemployment, weak GDP growth, tax cuts and rising housing costs is proving a real headache for many. But which money worry bothers you the most?
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Tory MPs beg Jeremy Hunt to abandon tax cuts that will only help the rich
More than 100 members of the One Nation group of Tory MPs have called on Jeremy Hunt to abandon cuts to inheritance tax and focus on childcare, stamp duty and first time buyers
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Gold Cup-winning trainer Mark Bradstock ends 450-day drought in style
Mark Bradstock famously won the Gold Cup at the 2015 Cheltenham Festival with novice Coneygree. And the Wantage trainer has another exciting horse on his hands, as Mr Vango won the Devon National by a whopping 60 lengths
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Liz Truss gives speech to half-empty room at pro-Trump conference in Washington
Failed former Prime Minister flew across the Atlantic to speak at CPAC - America’s biggest right-wing conference - and all-but endorsed Donald Trump to return to power.
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Top 10 regrets Brits have when it comes to money - like not saving when younger
Not investing, not buying a house sooner, and not making and sticking to a budget, are other things they wish they had done differently
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Widowed stroke victim is facing eviction from his own home
Tony Edgar built the one-storey property as an outbuilding to accompany a larger home on a plot he bough. But after a stroke and the death of his wife he decided to give up on the project - and live in the smaller property
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Martin Lewis issues warning to women over 66 after one person claims £17,000
HMRC has started writing to people who it believes could be owed money after they were unknowingly not given the National Insurance credits they should have received
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Assisted dying should be legalised to give people 'dignity', say Mirror readers
Dame Esther Rantzen is calling on the government to legalise assisted dying to spare families 'painful last memories' - and nearly 80% of Mirror readers support the plans
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Most pupils leave school without key financial skills, survey of teachers shows
A poll of more than 1,000 teachers in the UK found 76% agreed that most young people leave school or college without the money skills they need
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Pension savers could 'lose thousands' due to lack of transparency over charges
Just over seven in 10 (72%) of people who had recently transferred their pension did not know the exact fees for their old pension, or their new charges, according to a survey for People's Partnership, which provides the People's Pension
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DWP state pension - what age can I retire and when can I stop working
The state pension is a regular payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and currently most people claim it when they reach the state pension age of 66 years
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Brit pensioner stuck in Turkey hospital with huge medical bill after falling ill
Pensioner Polly Bamber, 68, from Blackburn, Lancashire, is stuck in Turkey with mounting medical bills after a bout of ill health since Christmas. Her family are appealing for help
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'Don't blame Rishi for the recession - it's a Tory technicality'
Spending wisely saves lives, says Fleet Street Fox. Wasting billions on PPE deals with your mates does not.
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Record £5.2 billion annuity sales due to higher interest rates, says ABI
Sales of retirement annuities reached a post-pension freedoms high last year, according to the Association of British Insurers
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DWP confirms 500,000 state pensioners will not see rise to payments in April
In the Autumn Statement last year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that state pension payments will increase by 8.5% from April 2024 giving pensioners an extra £900 over the year
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Virgin Money agrees to buy Abrdn's £20m stake in shared investment platform
The bank launched Virgin Money Investments with Abrdn in 2019
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Six ways to beat the taxman before April deadline - from pensions to savings
Laura Suter, director of personal finance at AJ Bell, has highlighted ten things you need to be aware of before the end of the current tax year, the last day of which is April 5
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Nan to be deported over claims she's lived in Australia illegally for 40 years
Mary Ellis, 74, left England and moved to Australia in 1981 but now officials believe she has spent decades living in the country illegally by entering under a different name
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'Rishi Sunak has to call an election in 6 weeks - he has no other choice'
The Prime Minister cannot wait until Autumn to call a vote, says Fleet Street Fox. There'll be no-one left in Downing Street by then
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Amazon Fire Stick users warned common mistake could land you £1,000 fine
Even if you're using a legit Amazon Fire Stick or similar appliance (rather than a jail-broken device) you could still end up with a hefty fine depending on what type of content you're watching
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Pensioners sleeping under 8 blankets in 'miserable' winter amid energy crisis
Age UK's new report warns that older people living in a household with an income of less than £20,000 per year with no benefits are suffering in this brutal winter