As part of your overall financial planning, one item that is worth considering is your state pension and whether you are on track to get the full amount. If not, it is possible to buy top-ups, which could boost your payout by £244 a year for life.
The triple lock on pensions is under threat with an increasing number of financial and political figures calling for it to be scrapped.
Whilst pension freedoms still feel like a recent development for many, they have now been in place since their April 2015.
Here are four new laws which could have a major impact on how both you and the British public in general live day to day.
The new state pension is much simpler and increases the basic pension from around £120pw to £155pw, but not everyone is set to benefit.
A recent Saga article claims that the battle to give women a fairer deal over their state pensions scored a significant victory early in January.
Further to our previous post about the changes already announced for the coming twelve months, we’ve highlighted three more tax changes in 2016
Our 2015 Autumn Statement Preview looks forward to some of expected announcements in the Chancellor’s speech on 25th November.