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Posted: 11 March 2026 | Employment Law, Employment Rights, Pensioners

Payroll complications for spring

The increase in State pension age (SPA) from 66 to 67 years will be phased in starting 6 April 2026. Employers need to take care because em…

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Posted: 6 September 2025 | Pensioners, Pensions

State Pension Age Under Review Again

Shortly before Parliament closed for its summer holidays, the government announced a review of the State pension age (SPA). Pensioners are…

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Posted: 17 August 2025 | Pensioners, Pensions

An ominous update for pensions

Unfortunately, it’s all bad news. The government has confirmed that most unused pensions will fall within the scope of inheritance tax (IHT…

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Posted: 31 January 2025 | Pensioners, Pensions

Lost pensions worth billions unclaimed

Over the past six years, the number of lost pension pots has doubled to around 3.3 million. The total value of missing funds now sits at al…

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Posted: 24 June 2024 | National Insurance Contributions, Pensioners, Pensions, Self Assessment, Self-Employed

Not in the NIC of time

A useful new web tool has emerged, a little late in the game, in a joint effort from two government departments. In early 2023, HMRC and th…

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Posted: 13 June 2024 | Income Tax, Pensioners, Pensions, VAT

Election tax stories…………………

It’s early days yet, but some pointers on tax have emerged from both the main parties. Within one week of the surprise firing of the genera…

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Posted: 8 April 2024 | Pensioners, Pensions, Retirement

How much does retirement cost?

New research has put some surprising numbers on the income needed in retirement. Each year since 2019, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings As…

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Posted: 9 November 2023 | Pensioners, Pensions, Wealth

An uncertain future for the Triple Lock

In mid-September, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the latest earnings data, covering the period May to July 2023. Earnin…

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Posted: 4 September 2023 | Pensioners, Pensions

Abolishing the pensions lifetime allowance

Although the lifetime allowance was effectively abolished from April 2023 as the lifetime allowance charge was removed, it has been retaine…

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Posted: 24 July 2023 | Pensioners, Pensions, Wealth

Let’s talk about the National insurance gap extension

The normal time limit for a person to fill gaps in their national insurance (NI) record is six years, but transitional arrangements allow g…

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Posted: 8 May 2023 | Budget, Pensioners, Pensions

The Budget surprise: changes to the pension tax rules

New measures affecting pension allowances announced in the March Budget could mean your retirement planning strategy needs to be reviewed…

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Posted: 25 October 2022 | PAYE, Pensioners, Pensions, Self Assessment

Over-65s set new employment record

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that more people than ever are working beyond age 65. One of the stra…

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Posted: 24 August 2022 | Income Tax, Pensioners, Pensions

Pension top-ups for lower-paid employees

Employees who contribute to an occupational pension scheme under a net pay arrangement do not currently benefit from any tax relief if thei…

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Posted: 16 April 2022 | Pensioners, Pensions

Protecting the normal minimum pension age

The normal minimum pension age (NMPA) will increase from 55 to 57 on 6 April 2028, although a protected pension age regime will be introduc…

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