People may be disappointed if they bank on the equity value of property to finance retirement

More than 40% of retired renters are former property owners and pay £423 a month in rent on average

The 54-year-old is homeless and battling alcoholism

At the Rainbow retirement village in France, residents will enjoy something perhaps for the first time: majority status. The development near Montpellier will be the country’s first such home for the lesbian, gay and transgender community.

1 in 5 parents say they are using their own retirement savings to fund children’s deposits

A BBC documentary on the welfare state presented by John Humphrys breached guidelines on impartiality and accuracy, the BBC Trust's editorial standards committee has ruled.

Froch's IBF and WBO super middleweight titles will be on the line when the two meet at the end of 2013

Britain is at a pension crossroads which could leave businesses facing a massive bill in the future.

Erb, says Michael Whelan, is quite the bocha player. The American invited the Scot to be his team-mate for a game – which is similar to lawn bowls – at his retirement village in Phoenix. "He's 90-something," reveals Whelan, "and he still had a killer arm on him."

Elected police leaders can easily sack chief constables and avoid scrutiny for their decisions because of the threat of an embarrassing public row, say MPs.

The Paralympics were a breakthrough moment. They were a great opportunity to think about disability in a different way and for disabled people to be much more visible.

Figures reveal nearly a million people have been out of work for more than a year

Phillippa Williamson was allowed to run up bill in deal criticised as ‘quite astounding’ by MPs

Iain Duncan Smith was accused on Monday of relying on “dodgy” statistics to justify the Government’s  £26,000-a-year benefits cap for each household.