There are also more than 700,000 older people eligible for a State Pension top-up of £4,300 annual income top-up.

Adult Dependency Increases were extra amounts paid to pensioners who had a dependent spouse below State Pension age.

Britain is in the grip of a moral panic over welfare benefits. The preferred adjective for the costs of social security ...

Halifax is closing more of its high street branches this month as part of a wider wave of bank closures across the UK. It comes as banks continue to reduce their bricks and mortar presence in towns ...

The UAE’s retirement income system comprises a minimum means-tested state pension and an earnings-related national employment ...

That means the new state pension is on track to rise from £221.20 to around £231.80 a week, or roughly £12,548 a year – ...

The unemployment rate has increased to 4.8% in the three months to August, which is the highest level since the peak of the ...

He commented on X: "State pension to rise by more - subject to confirmation. Annual earnings growth May-July - used in state ...

Almost a third of people in the UK admit to not having a plan for their finances in retirement, making them four times more ...

Money markets now indicate there is a 38% chance of a reduction in borrowing costs by the end of this year, compared to a 28% ...

Darren Deacon, head of intermediary sales, The Family Building Society When we speak to new brokers, one of the most common ...