Neil Rayner News Today

State pension payments increased this month by 8.5 percent.

EXCLUSIVE: State pension payments have just increased 8.5 percent but so have many household bills.

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners are stepping up their efforts to secure compensation for the WASPI generation of state pensioners.

EXCLUSIVE: Analysts are predicting the Bank of England will drop the base rate later this year.

Sean MacIver has dreams of being a biomedical scientist. He graduated from university in Lancashire in 2022, and has worked in a pharmacy ever since.

Sean MacIver has dreams of being a biomedical scientist. He graduated from university in Lancashire in 2022, and has worked in a pharmacy ever since.

EXCLUSIVE: The ageing population means the triple lock may soon become unsustainable as the way to determine the state pension increase.

The petition has cited politicians branding the triple-lock unsustainable and suggests linking rises to MPs pay rise instead.

The petition said there should be a ‘living pension paying at the very least the equivalent of the full-time minimum wage.

EXCLUSIVE: Pension savers have been urged to invest in their personal pensions as they may have to wait longer to get their state pension.