3 h. ago Britain’s millions of forgotten pension pots and what you should do about yours

Paying fees on multiple pots might mean your retirement savings are missing out

Economics

4 d. ago 'For all the dire warnings, the Budget had plenty to cheer about'

'If you’re wealthy enough to put loads of your pay packet into a tax-advantaged pension pot you can definitely afford to pay a bit more'

Events

6 d. ago 'Millionaire mandarins' revealed: the senior civil servants with as much as £2.5 MILLION to look forward to in taxpayer

Britain's top civil servants are in line for taxpayer-funded pension pots worth an average £1.3million, as private sector workers trying to save for retirement face a tax raid in the Budget.

Economics

8 d. ago Brits' pension pots 'could be worth tens of thousands of pounds less' if Rachel Reeves presses ahead with Budget raid

The Chancellor is reportedly planning to limit the amount people can sacrifice from their salaries to put in their pension pots without paying National Insurance.

Economics

9 d. ago Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi

A pension-pot World Cup looms and with Trump in the White House and a crown prince at his back, it is now a safe spaceIt was hard to choose one favourite photo from football’s double-header at the White House this week. In part this is because the pictures from Donald Trump’s state dinner with Mohammed bin Salman and his in-house hype men Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianni Infantino were everywhere, recycled feverishly across the internet, dusted with their own drool-stained commentary by the wider Ronaldo-verse.Mainly there were just so many jaw-droppers. Perhaps you liked the one of Trump and Ronaldo strolling the halls of power, Ronaldo dressed all in black and laughing uproariously, like a really happy ninja. Or the one of Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez standing either side of a weirdly beaming Trump at his desk, holding up some kind of large heraldic key as though they’ve just been presented with their own wind-up wooden sex-grandad. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Autumn Budget pension rumours and how it could impact your retirement pot

From rules around how much of your pension you can take tax-free, to changes to salary sacrifice schemes, we round up all the speculation and reveal what it could mean for you

Economics

2 w. ago Everything you need to do in the next two weeks to protect your finances ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget

WITH the Budget just two weeks away, you might be wondering if there's anything you can do NOW to protect your finances. Every day new rumours are swirling about potential tax hikes, pension changes and cuts to different allowances. And while there is no shortage of speculation, there’s no way to know what measures the...

Economics

3 w. ago Reeves 'plotting a raid on pension pots by targeting salary sacrifice schemes' as Labour peer questions why party promised not to put up income tax

The Chancellor is said to be looking at the option of limiting tax breaks on contributions for both employers and employees.

Economics