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The Government today confirmed plans to scrap rules forcing everyone to use pension savings to buy an annuity by age 75.
9 December 2010
The freezing temperatures in parts of the UK have triggered the first cold weather payments this winter, the Government has announced.
25 November 2010
The Government has confirmed savers who join its new pension fund from 2012 will have to pay a premium for up to two decades to cover set-up costs.
24 November 2010
Tough new welfare rules will strip unemployed claimants of benefits for up to three years if they refuse to work, it was announced today.
11 November 2010
All UK companies will have to offer their staff a pension, with the roll-out beginning in 2012, the Government said today.
27 October 2010
The basic state pension could be increased to about £140 a week under Government plans to ensure everybody has a "decent" income in retirement.
25 October 2010
George Osborne announced a £7 billion hit on the welfare budget today as he took an axe to public spending.
20 October 2010
Policyholders who lost money as a result of the problems at Equitable Life will receive around £1.5 billion in compensation, it was announced today.
20 October 2010
The Government is accelerating the rise in the official pension age, the Chancellor has confirmed.
20 October 2010
The amount of pension savings on which people receive a tax break is to be slashed to less than a fifth of its current level to save £4 billion a year, the Treasury announced today.
14 October 2010
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