Universal credit, the state pension and carer's allowance are among the benefits rising in April. The Money team looks at the ...

Planning for retirement often focuses on maximizing income, but the fate of pensions after death is a crucial, yet often overlooked, aspect of estate planning. While the state pension typically ends ...

A comptroller's review found state pension officials and the pension board were not told of some members' misconduct, leading ...

The Government is obligated to review the level of benefits each year to determine if they have kept pace with general price ...

The government has unveiled widespread plans to shake-up the £2 trillion UK pension saving market, expected to benefit 20 million workers. However, since the Pension Schemes Bill was first published ...

More and more people are working for themselves, and their low savings rates could spell disaster for the state. Can auto-enrolment be expanded to cover the self-employed, and how should it be done?

For a basic-rate taxpayer, earning £100 normally means £20 going in income tax and £80 lands in your bank account. If you put ...