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Steve Webb, the Minister for Pensions, described the millionth sign-up as 'a real landmark in this quiet revolution.'

Millions missing out on pension scheme

Many workers don't qualify, while others are failing to enrol

Pensions lose their first claim on assets when firms fail

The Supreme Court has thrown out a controversial ruling that handed pension holders priority over unsecured creditors when companies fail.

The new state pension plan means young people will be worse off when they retire

Younger people left worse off under new state pension plan

Analysis shows some in their twenties would have to live until aged 105 to reap any extra benefit

UK Coal deal saves jobs but hits miners' pensions

UK Coal has succumbed to a radical overhaul of its business that will save 2,000 jobs but will cut miners' pensions.

An elderly couple take a quite moment near the peak of Chopok mountain in Low Tatra mountains

Expats call for fairer pension payouts

Half of pensioners abroad have had their pension frozen. That’s not right, they say

'People start saving too late, save too little and expect too much'

You'll need £220,000 for a minimum wage in your retirement

Britain's pensioners face a bleak future because their savings are insufficient to avoid life on the breadline in their old age, Julian Knight reveals

Half of Brits 'are off target with pension savings'

Fewer than half of Britons – 45 per cent – are currently saving enough for their old age, according to the annual Scottish Widows Pensions Report.

One of the notable success stories for the National Employment Savings Trust scheme has been the BBC – but these have been all too rare

Julian Knight: Pension scheme has become an empty NEST

Nine months after it was set up, the national savings trust has attracted just 100,000 savers

Women's career break can mean big pension cuts

Women who take a career break could be damaging their pension to the tune of £4,680 a year by not continuing to contribute to a retirement fund during their time away from work.

Pensions: £600,000 needed for decent retirement pot

The average amount UK adults say would be enough to ensure a comfortable standard of living during retirement is £25,783.87 net per year.

Guinness Peat's plans to hand back cash face a final hurdle

Guinness Peat must mount one last corporate battle as the Pensions Regulator threw a potential spanner in the works of plans to shrink the one-time activist investor and return cash to backers.

Shutting the door: Delivery firm DHL is winding up its final salary scheme to existing members

Julian Knight: We are seeing the dying days of the golden pension

People need to feel that their workplace and retirement savings are a vital life-long asset

Five questions about: Pension liberation

What's that, a new political movement?

Simon Read: Even more choice for those facing annuity puzzle

Yeah, I know that pensions are boring but one of the most crucial financial decisions anyone may take is getting the right annuity.

MPs call for new body to regulate workplace pensions

MPs have called for a new regulator to look after workplace pensions. They argue that existing problems will be worsened by the fact that there are now three regulators overseeing the industry.

 
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