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Category: Money Matters

Remaining economically active may be critical… but is it achieveable?

Many of us are looking to remain economically active into our 60s and 70s, and the UK urgently needs this labour and skill pool. But are employers doing enough to enable that to happen? By Richard Collinson, CEO of Retire Easy

August 11, 2025
LGBTQ+ older Londoners in crisis – new report exposes hidden hardship

A new report, “Precarious Lives”, explores financial hardship among older LGBTQ+ Londoners. Here, its author Mark Sladen sets out how a lifetime of discrimination faced by older LGBTQ+ people can have a long-term impact on their financial wellbeing.

May 1, 2025
Power of Attorney: 10 tips for the delicate discussion

Leading dementia expert Professor June Andrews has some helpful advice for anyone who has been putting off one of the most important decisions we can make…

September 6, 2024
Tax needn’t be taxing with online Self Assessment

If you are self-employed, or are retired and have an income that is not taxed at source… and are reasonably digitally savvy… then here is HMRC’s advice on doing your income tax returns on line.

August 26, 2024
Are you owed some of “Britain’s missing billions”?

Did you know that an estimated £89 billion is currently going unclaimed in some 28 million forgotten bank and savings accounts, premium bonds, pensions, insurance policies and Child Trust Funds? But how do you go about checking one of them is yours or a relative’s?

May 15, 2024
Older people take their demand for a Commissioner to Downing Street

Campaigners have taken their calls for the creation of a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to the heart of Westminster.

May 1, 2024
WASPI: justice will have to wait… again

Grenfell, Windrush, subpostmasters, the blood transfusion scandal, Dilnot… the latest delay in implementing the Ombudsman’s report on WASPI women is just one more examplar, writes Tony Watts OBE, of the tactics routinely used by Government to put off rectifying historic wrongs or fulfilling promises made – many involving older people who may never live to…

April 21, 2024
Pensions Freedom 10 years on: who have been the winners… and losers?

This March marked the tenth anniversary of the announcement of “Pension Freedom and Choice” reforms which, along with Auto-Enrolment, represented the two major shifts in pension policy enacted under George Osborne. What have been the long-term impacts for savers? asks Tony Watts OBE.

April 10, 2024
New data lifts the lid on retirement income trends

What is the average income in retirement for today’s retirees… where is the income coming from, which regions are doing best and what trends can we see emerging? New data from the ONS reveals all, writes Richard Collinson, CEO of AAA members RetireEasy.co.uk

April 10, 2024
Securing your retirement finances could mean being flexible at work

Being able to work for as long as you need in order to secure a financially secure retirement could become a lot easier after new employment laws come into force in April, writes Tony Watts OBE. But it will require flexibility from employers as well as employees.

February 28, 2024

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