The government is to raise the Basic State Pension age by 1 year every 5 years, to reach 70 in 2035. Anyone aged 45 or younger will now be unable to take their Basic State Pension until they reach 70.
The government is to raise the Basic State Pension age by 1 year every 5 years, to reach 70 in 2035. Anyone aged 45 or younger will now be unable to take their Basic State Pension until they reach 70.
The expected cut in pensions tax relief for high earners in the June 2010 budget did not materialise – but the show’s not over yet. Maximum annual pensions contributions may be capped at around £45,000. Find out more by clicking headline above.

Chancellor George Osborne called it ‘the unavoidable budget’ but promised there would be no small print in his plan to clear the government’s budget deficit of £155bn over the next 4 years. Here is our summary of the June 2010 budget in easy to read points. Click headline above
In today’s June 2010 budget, Chancellor George Osborne has announced that ex-Labour cabinet minister John Hutton has agreed to head up the commission which will rein in the spiralling cost of public sector pensions. Click headline to read more.
Private sector employees would have to save 37% of their earnings, to achieve the same levels of pension income as a public sector employee in a final salary pension scheme, according to new data by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC). However, only 6% of private companies are intending to keep their final salary schemes open, intending instead to replace them with [...]
Up to 69% of employers confess they still do not understand the requirements and cost implications of auto-enrolment of employees into a pension from 2012 – even though the admin alone could cost £1,000 per worker, per year.

Budget proposals for June 22nd include changes to pensions, Income Tax, and Capital Gains Tax. They could also open up valuable investment opportunites in both Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and Enterprise Investment Schemes (EISs). How will the government cuts affect you? Click this headline to read all about it
A third of us with pension plans do not know how they are invested, a further quarter ‘don’t care’, and half of us would need a pension pot of more than £10,000, before seeking financial advice. Survey shows a shocking level of ‘pensions indifference’ in the UK. Click headline for more details!

A leading government think tank is proposing pension savings that are not ‘locked away’, perhaps by combining pension savings and ISAs, which could then be left to your children free of tax. Click on headline to read more.
Public sector government pensions will more than double in cost in the next 5 years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Spending on public sector government pension schemes will increase from £4bn in 2010 to £9bn in 2015, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates. LibDem leader Nick Clegg has called some government pensions ‘unreformed [...]
















