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The Government insisted it was not going to axe the lifeline following reports Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was drawing up plans that would have meant only the very poorest OAPs would still be eligible

New figures reveal 911,000 over-55s withdrew £13billion using their "pensions freedoms" last year, sparking fears that future retirees face financial misery

As a result, over half of women worry they may not be able to afford the retirement they have always hoped for - and one in six fear they may not be able to retire at all

The PM had consistently refused to say whether the key policy would be included in the Conservative Party ’s manifesto at the next election but

The changes involve the pension auto-enrolment age being lowered from 22 to 18, plus the lower earnings limit being abolished completely, in a boost for younger workers

A fresh petition has been set up demanding a major boost to state pensions which would bring the figure in line with full-time workers on the National Minimum Wage

The 45-day Prime Minister has called for the pension age to be raised almost one year after her botched mini-Budget unleashed chaos - and we want to know what you think. Vote in our poll

During his weekly appearance on Nihal Arthanayake’s BBC Radio 5 Live show, Martin Lewis discussed the potential rise to state pension next year and Pension Credit

Plans to bring forward a rise to the state pension age have been delayed due to a falling life expectancy - so what is the current state pension age? We explain everything you need to know

The state pension is due for a bumper rise next year as the typical wage increased by 8.5%, but the Conservatives have hinted this could be slashed to 7.8% instead

Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne said this morning he would be "very tempted" not to give the bumper state pension rise - expected to be 8.5% - if he was still in post

Ministers are understood to be scrambling to work out ways to pay less after bonuses paid to NHS staff and civil servants drove average wage increases up to 8.5%

Average pay - including bonuses - went up by 8.5% between May and June, new data shows. This means the state pension is likely to go up by at least the same amount

Gareth Davies, who heads the National Audit Office (NAO) said ministers must invest heavily in Government computer systems to avoid a crisis similar to crumbling concrete in schools

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has admitted that there may be a blip in the August inflation figure, but is adamant the Bank of England's plan to reduce inflation is working

The former PC attacked a 16-year-old girl and repeatedly raped a female colleague, while bragging he was 'untouchable' - now the Mayor's office wants his pension stopped

The devastated couple want to see the Countess of Chester Hospital’s ex-medical director, Ian Harvey, grilled over claims that he could have stopped Letby’s killing spree sooner

Double murderer Stephen Farrow, 58, has died at HMP Frankland where he was serving a whole life term for the killings of Betty Yates, 77, and Rev John Suddards, 58

Dame Alison Rose was forced to quit following complaints from the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage over the closure of his account with Coutts, the private bank run by NatWest

WASPI claim 250,000 women have now died whilst campaigning for compensation for DWP failings

It is the moment we have waited 57 years to see - years of high hopes and bitter disappointments, of chants of 'Football’s coming home' only for it to head off somewhere else

Baby murderer Lucy Letby may have struck at Liverpool Women's Hospital first as police probe her entire career with the possibility that the evil former nurse could be charged with further crimes

Tony Chambers was CEO at the Countess of Chester Hospital and greeted Queen Camilla – then the Duchess of Cornwall – during a royal visit to the NHS facility in 2014

Labour's deputy leader speaks openly about the extreme poverty in Stockport, Greater Manchester, where she grew up, as she tours the north in special battle bus

With the Tory Government pledging to remain committed to the "Triple Lock", state pension payments look set to rise again next year