State pensions
Caring is work. It is time that was recognised | Letter
Letter: When I reach state pension age, my carer’s allowance will be taken from me, writes one reader
Letters
02, Jun, 2023 @4:11 PM
UK pensions: how to make sure you get the best income in retirement
Experts offer tips on how to make the best of your contributions – and whether you could even afford to retire early
Patrick Collinson
16, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM
UK pensions: how much do you need to retire as the cost of living soars?
As inflation bites into pension pots, we find out what it takes to keep up your standard of living
Patrick Collinson
15, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM
There’s only one winner from Macron’s hardline response to pension protests: the far right | Oliver Haynes
In pushing through with this unpopular reform, the French president is doing the groundwork for Marine Le Pen, writes freelance journalist Oliver Haynes
Oliver Haynes
12, Apr, 2023 @1:45 PM
Pensioner-dependent Tories have set the UK on the road to ruin
By kicking retirement reforms down the road again, vote-hungry politicians are allowing a wealthy generation to prosper at the expense of the young
Phillip Inman
08, Apr, 2023 @4:00 PM
Postponing state pension age decision ‘not exactly a sign of strength’, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Tories – as it happened
Latest updates: former business secretary says postponing decision about rise in state pension is ‘a decision in itself’
Andrew Sparrow
30, Mar, 2023 @3:58 PM
‘Working till we drop’: why women are on the front line of French pension protests
With childcare and more part-time jobs, France’s women have to work longer for smaller pensions than their male colleagues, and their anger is rising
Kim Willsher
25, Mar, 2023 @3:00 PM
‘Democracy is broken’: French public divided on pensions and protests
Seven people share their opinions of Emmanuel Macron’s plan to shake up the country’s retirement system
Clea Skopeliti and Sammy Gecsoyler
25, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM
Ministers reportedly scrap plan to bring forward rise in UK state pension age
Falling life expectancy and fears of voter unhappiness thought to be behind rethink about increase to 68 late next decade
Tom Ambrose
21, Mar, 2023 @11:31 PM
UK state pensions: later deadline for NI top-ups that can mean £55,000 extra
By plugging gaps in their national insurance record, some people can increase their entitlement
Rupert Jones
11, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
UK state pension age may rise to 68 in 2030s, reports say – what is going on?
It is claimed the Treasury wants the change for as early as 2035 – affecting those age 54 and under
Rupert Jones
25, Jan, 2023 @2:23 PM
No 10 declines to say Sunak confident Zahawi has always told him truth about his tax affairs – as it happened
Downing Street spokesperson also says inquiry into former chancellor’s affairs to be ‘conducted swiftly’
Andrew Sparrow
24, Jan, 2023 @6:43 PM
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