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The state pension is due for a bumper rise next year as the typical wage increased by 8.5%, but the Conservatives have hinted this could be slashed to 7.8% instead

The British prime minister struggled to bat off questions about the U.K.’s problems. At least Charlie Brooker was there.

A Swedish court has sentenced a Norwegian man to three and a half years in prison after police found his dead partner’s body in a freezer, where he kept it while continuing to collect her pension. 

Average pay - including bonuses - went up by 8.5% between May and June, new data shows. This means the state pension is likely to go up by at least the same amount

Ministers are understood to be scrambling to work out ways to pay less after bonuses paid to NHS staff and civil servants drove average wage increases up to 8.5%

When it comes to reversing the continent’s sagging birth rate, governments are shooting blanks.

The shift away from pensions means millions of Americans won't be financially secure in retirement. Annuities could help, but many don't know what they can do. In the 1934 comedy classic It’s a Gift, W.C. Fields’ character encounters an aggressive, slick-talking annuities salesman in an indelible scene that helped shape a negative perception of the product. Despite decades of product innovation and the adoption of industry-wide operating principles benefiting consumers, s...

Research finds increased focus on short-term factors crucial to meet net zero emissions

Q I’m 33 and switching jobs. My new employer is offering me health insurance and it looks like the value of the health plan is €2,160. However, someone told me I’d have to pay benefit-in-kind tax on that. Is that correct? How much should I expect to pay? I’m wondering if I’d be better off buying the health insurance myself.

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