Pensions

Sweeping changes could be on the way to how we save for a pension, the Chancellor announced today.

If you run a small business or employ a nanny or carer, you may need to start paying into a pension for them as part of the Government's next phase of auto-enrolment.

Now it's been confirmed that the Conservative Party has been voted back into Government after winning more than the 326 seats needed, we explain how its policies affect your pocket.

Standard annuity rates have collapsed to all-time lows just weeks after new pension freedoms came into force, according to a financial website.

From today a host of changes take force, which could see the tax you pay and the savings you make alter. Other changes will see new pension freedoms taking effect, as well as the ability to transfer Child Trust Fund savings into a Junior ISA.

An investigation has been launched into claims that millions of people's pension pot details are being sold to criminals for as little as 5p.

Pension providers will have to give more support to savers accessing their pension pots in future, under plans confirmed by the regulator today.

The amount savers can put into a pension over their lifetime will fall in April 2016 from £1.25 million to £1 million, Chancellor George Osborne has announced today.

In tomorrow's Budget, the Chancellor will likely be lauding the most radical changes to private pensions for a generation.