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STEVE
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4 days ago
I am collecting my state pension now, the new one. I can't live on it easily, even after getting help with my rent, so I have been offered a part time job.
11 days ago
How does the guarantee on a 100% joint life annuity pension work? STEVE WEBB's 10th year anniversary column ⊕
I do not fully understand the guarantee option. As it is a 100 per cent joint life annuity why doesn't it have a guarantee period as I thought it was for both of us until both our deaths?
18 days ago
I'm 50 - will the state pension be abolished by the time I retire? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
My husband and I recently turned 50 and met with a financial adviser. He insisted we include two full state pensions in his planning modelling. I am sceptical.
25 days ago
Can my daughter inherit my local government pension as I have nothing else to leave her? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
Can this pension be left to my daughter in the event of my death? If not what can I do to secure that my money goes to her? I don't want it going to the government!
32 days ago
Can I still leave my pension to my daughter under new inheritance tax rules? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
If I die before my husband and still haven't touched my pension, will my daughter get this and how does this work as far as inheritance tax is concerned?
65 days ago
Six most important pension questions of 2025 answered by STEVE WEBB ⊕⊕
Interest in pensions was intense this year and our star columnist Steve Webb fielded many questions - on the state pension age, tax-free cash, artificial intelligence, and more.
67 days ago
I have a final salary pension with a firm that might go bust - should I transfer out now? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
I received a letter from the scheme which said it might need to be taken over by the Pension Protection Fund. Am I trapped in a failing scheme with my money at risk?
74 days ago
My wife has ten pension pots, how can she sort them out? STEVE WEBB replies ○
Due to various contract roles over the years, she has numerous pensions with different providers scattered around and doesn't have a record of all of them.
81 days ago
Why isn't there a special allowance so pensioners on low incomes don't pay tax? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
I'm confused over what is going on with the state pension and tax once it goes through the tax-free personal allowance.
88 days ago
Why doesn't Chancellor raid public sector pensions instead of always coming after private sector workers? STEVE WEBB replies ○
Those of us who saved hard risk seeing the rug pulled from under us, being left financially vulnerable. We don't have the luxury of income certainty in retirement