Will you be stuck with the second class state pension in retirement?

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 16th May 2012 13:02.

*The Government is to unveil a blueprint for a new £155-a-week state pension. The plans, confirmed in the Queen’s Speech last week and...

Hi

Is there anyone here who might be able to help / point me in the right direction for some advice please re the Mrs's Pension woes.

I have reclaimed mis-selling of a pension plan to the Mrs when she was young and foolish (married me- lol).
She was told that as a part...

End of the Giro cheque: Now elderly told to collect pension from local shops

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th April 2012 11:18.

Tens of thousands of elderly people who receive their state pension by cheque will soon be forced to collect it from a local shop...

Treasury considers taxing state pensions at source in 'mark two granny tax'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th April 2012 17:07.

More misery lies ahead for older people under plans to tax the basic state pension at source in a proposal that has been labelled...

Having just gone past the big 4 0 I was giving some thoughts about my future....especially the uncertainties that I face today going through a divorce and dealing with many other matters on top.

The future on welfare benefits is also changing every day...and every new party that comes to...

1.5m hard-working pensioners penalised by new £140 state pension

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 22nd March 2012 19:15.

*Those who have worked their whole lives and paid in a full National Insurance contribution would have got a bigger pension under existing...

BUDGET 2012: Retire in your 70s as Government confirms state pension age WILL be linked to life expe

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 21st March 2012 17:28.

Britons will in future be forced to wait until their 70s to collect their state pensions after the Government...

Hi everyone I hope I can get help on this situation. My parents have recently both lost their jobs and are now living from Pension credit as my mum is receiving state pension. The issue is that they both have credit cards and are unable to claim on ppi for these so have a lot of debts now which they...

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Hi all,
Bit of a weird one here,hoping someone can point me in the right direction !
Have been unemployed a year and a half until last week....about three months ago,had a letter from DWP saying they were going to stop nearly £5 a week from my benefits due to "another income".After...

Excellent info above, cheers folks.

My in law is getting very stressed, his appointment is tomorrow afternoon with ATOS as a home visit.
I would be there for him but unable to unfortunately, as have some stuff going on the same time. I am hoping one of his best mates will be able...

If you believe you are owed tax, then you need to get your skates on. HM   Revenue & Customs is cutting the time allowed to reclaim overpaid tax by two years between now and April. Taxpayers have traditionally had almost six years to reclaim any money that has been overpaid to HMRC. But by...

Today I am 65, Today I was expecting to recieve my private pension, yesterday I got a letter from the pension company telling me that because I was declared bankrupt twenty odd years ago the Official Re
ceiver has claims on my pension, so the pension i was expecting is no more.
So BEWARE...

Well, I am looking into a pension I don't have a UK one and DH is 40 now he needs to sort himself out. Reading an article on ... Ahem MSE I read that stakeholder isn't the way forward so I was looking into a company called....Cavendish



Anyway I figure this wee bit of money...

I've experienced the worries of debt but with this forum they have gradually reduced to where i'm not a bag of nerves anymore well perhaps a reduced bag of nerves lol

i haven't heard from my tormenter *capquest* since early december although i'm sure i haven't heard the last of them...