A full State Pension might well be worth north of £10,000 a year if the “triple lock” is applied from next April – an important and often vital component of many people’s retirement income. But is the ground being prepared by the Treasury for a lower cost alternative…? By Tony Watts OBE Covid has had […]

In a fast-moving world, many of today’s jobs may well have vanished within the next decade. That makes access to retraining vital. But the older generation of workers are finding themselves at the back of the queue – threatening their future livelihoods. Enter the renaissance career… By Tony Watts OBE, co-author of The Midlife Review […]

  The spectre of paying huge care bills towards the end of one’s life is a dilemma for millions of people – and one that the Government has been procrastinating over for over a decade… in fact since The 2011 Dilnot Report provided David Cameron with the solution he asked for but declined to implement. […]

Yet another survey has revealed what has become clear for some time now: only a minority of people saving for a pension in the UK are fully clued up on how much they have saved and how much they will need to retire comfortably. According to new research from digital pension provider Penfold, some 54 per cent […]

During the last year, I’ve been writing extensively about the changes in workplace habits wrought by the pandemic… in particular the way that remote working has become not only acceptable in many companies but almost the norm. So I was a bit surprised to read an article in The Metro by Andrew Carter (chief executive of […]

The perennial rumours have once again started to circulate about the possible tax targets in the sights of the Chancellor as he seeks to recoup some of the extraordinary costs of the pandemic. As usual, the pensions system is a cause for concern, with speculators and the media alike purporting all sorts of leaks from […]

Many of us who retire before the State Pension Age then dedicate a lot of our time to caring for our grandchildren or other young relatives. If that sounds familiar, then you, or your partner, might well benefit by checking out whether you’re missing out on a very handy boost to your future State Pension. […]

  Rishi Sunak appears to be pushing ahead with plans to encourage pension funds to divert up to £500bn into infrastructure projects and start-up companies in order to boost the economic bounce-back from Covid. His “Long-Term Asset Fund”, announced last November, is planned to launch before the end of 2021. The UK has some £2.2trillion […]

It goes without saying that the World has been a very different place during lockdown… but how much will the World of Work change for older workers when things return to “normal”? By Tony Watts OBE If you’re someone in their 50s 60s or beyond, and still engaged in work, the last year or so […]

Have you ever suffered from ageist attitudes? And, if so, do you think it’s a problem that the country needs to address? By Tony Watts OBE Many people think we are living in an increasingly compartmentalised society, with different groups living in, and separated by, their own communication bubbles and not connecting to others. But […]