State pension

The Work and Pensions Select Committee has started a probe to explore the economic effects of allowing certain women to draw their state pension early.

With the start date for the single tier state pension drawing closer Malcolm McLean looks at how it will fit in the wider pension landscape.

Women affected by the increase in state pension age from 63 to 66 could access their savings early if they accept lower weekly payments, according to MPs.

The Government has announced it will fully index public service pensions for workers reaching State Pension Age from April 2016 to 5 December 2018.

John Cridland has been appointed to lead an independent review of the State Pension age.

As Pension wise marks its first year of operation, Kristian Brunt-Seymour speaks to staff at the service's Banbury branch about their experience so far and how they think the service will evolve.

The average pensioner's income has risen by more than a fifth since 2002 while working-age incomes remained broadly stagnant at around 2% says the Resolution Foundation.

This week we want to know if the criticism of Ros Altmann on the women's state pension age has been fair and whether the view public sector pensions are unfairly generous is correct.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has calculated that people retiring under the new state pension will be worse off as time goes on.

Pensions minister Ros Altmann will be quizzed by the Work and Pensions Select Committee today as part of an ongoing inquiry into the new state pension.