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With Brits living longer and the rules of retirement constantly changing, you could be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed. Look here for all of the news and insight you need to plan your future, whether you’re retiring now or looking forward to freedom. If you're on the cusp of retirement check out our 'Retiring Now' section. Our 'Retirement Planning' section is a useful tool in the run-up to retirement.

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Parents can boost children’s pension by £300,000 with early pot contributions

Parents can add over £300,000 to their child’s pension pot through making sav...

Scrapping inheritance tax ‘would cost £15bn a year by 2032’

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has set out the issues with the inheritan...

GUIDE: Everything you need to know about pension annuities

Annuities are ‘back in fashion’ as rates have soared, but what are they and ...

Sunak considers scrapping inheritance tax – reports

According to press reports over the weekend, Rishi Sunak is planning major chang...

The childcare challenge: What parents need to know for their future finances

The cost of childcare is a major challenge for UK families at the best of times,...

What do the pension auto-enrolment changes mean for your take home pay?

Younger workers will be eligible for auto-enrolment while a minimum earnings thr...

Retiring now

Asian pensioners receive £160 less each week than white households

White British pensioner families receive an average £157 more income per week c...

LISA reform could boost the pensions of 1.2m self-employed workers

If the upper age limit on the lifetime ISA (LISA) was increased to 55, this coul...

‘Record high’ year for inheritance tax bills predicted as payers try to avoid sky-high interest rates

An extra £0.3bn was paid in inheritance tax between April and August this year,...

Pensioners are £4,000 better off than working age families

Working age families have a £3,924 gap in disposable income compared to if thei...

Big pensions shake-up will add £500 a year to retirement pots

Pension auto-enrolment will be extended to younger workers and the minimum earni...

Over half of downsizers planning to move but housing stock still a major barrier

Downsizers and empty nesters are some of the “most committed buyers in the mar...

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