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Plans which could enable workers to nominate a scheme they want to pay into are expected to be unveiled in the autumn statement.

As the state pension rises, some women could be faced with an unexpected tax bill, Sir Steve Webb said.

Women over state pension age are being urged to check their records after a series of errors by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were discovered.

It’s strong, plentiful and fireproof, as well as beautiful, yet stone has long been supplanted in the building industry by energy-consuming steel, concrete and brick. A trio of advocates for this age-old material say it’s time for a rethink

People earning more than £50,000 a year and their partners will not need to fill in self-assessment tax form

Jeremy Hunt agrees deal with UK’s leading pension providers to invest more in British start-ups

Mums in their 60s and 70s have been underpaid £1.3billion in State Pension due to historical Child Benefit errors.

Around £1billion may be owed to people - mainly women in their 60s and 70s - after an issue affecting stay-at-home mums who made a claim for Child Benefit before May 2000.

National Audit Office criticises Department for Work and Pensions over its ‘material fraud and error’