Category: Money Matters

New figures released by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) show that the amount we need to save for our retirement has shot up in the last year. Richard Collinson, CEO of Retire Easy, runs the rule on the sums… and explains how to find out if you are on track.

Unsure if you’re on course to receive a full State Pension when you retire? Confused by whether or not it would be worth buying top-ups to fill any gaps? Then, says Richard Collinson, CEO of AAA members RetireEasy, read on.

It’s not that far back in our history, writes Tony Watts OBE, that later life was a time that many people feared because of the financial insecurity. Sadly, and shamefully, an estimated 1.7 million pensioners still live in poverty in the UK.

If you’re heading towards retirement and have historic holes in your National Insurance (NI) record, time is fast running out to fill them… and take advantage of the generous DWP scheme which allows people to plug payment gaps.

London, Britain’s richest city, also has the accolade of leading the pensioner poverty league. By Tim Whitaker, Trustee of Wise Age

Many older people can be put off travelling abroad because they feel that it’s too hard to get travel insurance, especially if they have pre-existing medical conditions… but that doesn’t have to be the case.