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How to ensure you have boosted your state pension by April

Article thumbnail: A retired senior woman in her 70s sits at home inside her cold house in winter. It is so cold that she is wrapped up in warm winter clothing, and is holding her hands over an electric heater for some extra warmth and comfort. Selective focus with room for copy space.

Winter fuel payment scam targets pensioners - how to spot it

The scam text has been sent to thousands of phone numbers and gave recipients until 15 October to apply

I'm still working at 67 - the state pension boost won't touch the sides for me

State pension set to increase higher than predicted at £473 from next April

Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 File photo dated 20/08/24 of a general view of ?5, ?10, ?20 and ?50 of bank notes. The next decade of workplace pensions saving should be more flexible and help low earners to build up a savings safety net that they can draw on before they retire, according to think tank The Resolution Foundation, which said more focus is needed on addressing the different challenges faced by low, middle and higher earners. Issue date: Thursday October 10, 2024. PA Photo. It said the first decade of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions has improved private pension coverage and boosted people's savings pots. See PA story MONEY Pension. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

'Waspi women like me have been stabbed in the back again by winter fuel cut'

Whether you should combine all your pensions - and how you can do it

Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attends a conversation with U.K. CEO of GroupM Karen Blackett, at a fringe meeting during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Cut to tax-free lump sum risks bigger NHS pension bill, Reeves warned

I work full time at the age of 71 - I’ll be homeless if I stop

Cut to tax-free pension would hit a fifth of people in their 50s

700,000 hit with £665 tax demand as state pension rises and tax thresholds frozen

More than 80% of pensioners in poverty set to lose the winter fuel payment