There are many things we don’t know about what the snap election might mean for those in or heading for retirement – either because some cards are being kept closely to the politicians’ chests or (more probably!) they are still working out their policies. But, crystal ball in hand, Mark Soper considers the big three […]

New research by insurers Royal London estimates that around £400 billion is likely to be passed down in the wills of older people in the coming decades – with much of that wealth in the form of property. The survey asked over 5,600 older, middle and younger adults about their plans and expectations around receiving […]

A report from Aegon hit the headlines recently, telling us that the average pension pot has almost doubled in the last couple of years. That’s great news – except that we are starting from a ludicrously low base. The average figure is now a titchy £50,000 – enough, if invested in an annuity, to yield […]

A leaked government document has revealed that a working party has been set up to study the possible introduction of taxing 5-15 year olds in order to supplement the incomes of poorer pensioners. The document reveals that children in this age group receive, on average, £10 weekly pocket money – which the working party says […]

From a distance of 10, 20 or 30 years (depending on where you are now!) funding the cost of going into a care home for the last few years of your life might not seem like a big priority. But when you take into account that the cost for an average 30-month stay now varies […]

One in nine women aged 70 and over are still in work, according to new official data –double the figure from just five years ago. The figures show 5.6% of women stopped working after the age of 70 in 2012 – rising to 11.3% in 2016. Concerns over their future pension income, together with a […]

Are you one of the estimated 200,000 pensioners in line for compensation for being sold the wrong kind of annuity? Or could you benefit in the future from knowing how enhanced annuities work? If you, like most of us, tend to be a “half glass full” sort of person when filling in details of your […]

How much are you earning on your savings accounts? If it’s not at least matching the rate of inflation you are, technically, losing value on that account. And with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) now at 1.8%, the vast majority are – indeed – no longer a guaranteed way to see your money grow. Most […]

If you’re over 55 and with capital you can access, there’s a good chance you’ll be on the radar of the investment scammers. Fall victim and there’s a good chance that’s the last you’ll see of your money… Been offered a wonderful investment opportunity recently that sounds too good to be true? Then it was […]

The recent report finding that today’s pensioner households are, on average, £20 a week better off than those of working-age people made headlines in most of the media. Not surprisingly so, as it would, on the surface of it, appear to vindicate the siren calls to end the triple lock on State Pension increases… including […]