retirement

How to approach later life care

October 30, 2015 by TIna

Category: Care & retirement & Uncategorized

National Insurance contributions go towards things like your State Pension but they don’t count towards the costs of social care. This type of care is managed by your local authority and generally comes at a price. That is why you have to apply directly to them if you need help with paying for long-term care. Your local authority (or Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland) will first carry out a Care Needs Assessment to find out what support you need.

Do you know your pension pot value?

October 02, 2015 by TIna

Category: pensions & retirement & Uncategorized

New research from Retirement Advantage shows that despite the new pension freedoms introduced in April, over a quarter of people aged over 50 don’t know how much money they have saved in order to fund their retirements.

Devon tops the table for pensioner well-being

September 23, 2015 by TIna

Category: Lifestyle & retirement & Uncategorized

The South West of England appears to be the place to live if you want a long, healthy and safe retirement, according to a new league table of pensioner well-being developed by Prudential. The league table, which uses a combination of census data and results from the insurer’s own retirement research, ranks the top 20 counties in England and Wales according to several measures of the wellbeing of their pensioner populations.

Should we scrap tax reliefs on pensions and create a lifetime ISA for all?

September 15, 2015 by TIna

Category: ISA & pensions & retirement & savings & Uncategorized

A single Lifetime ISA for everyone should be created with all tax reliefs on pension contributions being scrapped, a leading figure at the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has proposed, according to an article published by the CPS. Research Fellow Michael Johnson said the opportunity has come for a radical overhaul of savings after the Chancellor launched a consultation into the future of the pensions tax regime in July.

What’s really on the bucket list of the UK over 55s?

September 08, 2015 by TIna

Category: Lifestyle & retirement & Uncategorized

Consumer Intelligence conducted an independent online survey for Prudential between 6 and 10 July 2015, among a sample of 1,157 UK adults aged 45+, including 645 aged 55 or above, asking respondents what made up their own personal ‘bucket list’.

Personal savings shortfall? The state pension may not be the answer to bridging it.

August 11, 2015 by TIna

Category: pensions & retirement & savings & Uncategorized

The typical working over-45 year old faces a £8,955 annual retirement income gap based on their current savings and investments – meaning they will rely heavily on a state pension that will still leave them short, the latest Aviva Real Retirement Report shows.

How to approach later life care

Do you know your pension pot value?

Devon tops the table for pensioner well-being

Should we scrap tax reliefs on pensions and create a lifetime ISA for all?

What’s really on the bucket list of the UK over 55s?

Personal savings shortfall? The state pension may not be the answer to bridging it.

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