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6 days ago
Steve Webb says tens of thousands of civil servants have been hit by a series of problems with the administration of their pension scheme.
13 days ago
Why can the unemployed only save tiny sums into pensions? STEVE WEBB replies ⊕
I left paid employment at the age of 50 in 2017 and since 2022 have been contributing to a Sipp. The annual contribution limit is £2,880 plus £720 tax relief, totalling £3,600.
20 days ago
We're pensioners earning less than £1,000 in savings interest, are we over-taxed? STEVE WEBB replies ⊕⊕
My husband and I have had a deduction made to our tax codes for untaxed interest. We only get company pensions and are entitled to the standard rate of tax-free income.
24 days ago
SIR STEVE MCQUEEN: How CAN the decision not to offer black men prostate cancer screening be made by a committee without a single black voice on it? ⊖⊖
My father didn't know what prostate cancer was. Like a lot of men of his generation, he simply assumed that if something was seriously wrong somebody would tell him. But nobody did.
41 days ago
My wife's NI number has changed after 50 years, will it affect her pension? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
My wife is trying to take her state pension. For 50 years she has had the same national insurance number, now the DWP say that this is wrong and have sent her a new number.
48 days ago
I've reached a dead end finding an old pension, what can I do? STEVE WEBB replies ⊖
Steve Webb explains where to turn if employers and pension schemes can find no trace of your contributions.
61 days ago
My daughter's employer stopped paying into her pension - so why is it still taking money from her salary? STEVE WEBB investigates ⊖
My daughter's pension scheme wrote to say her firm would no longer be paying in. However, her employer has still deducted contributions in every month since.
69 days ago
Why did ReAssure give me three wildly different pension values? STEVE WEBB wins £63,000 for our reader ⊕⊕
ReAssure keeps valuing my pension at wildly different sums, ranging from £26k to £68k. Can you help me find out what I am actually owed?
76 days ago
My state pension will be higher than my wife's despite both having 35 years of contributions - why? STEVE WEBB replies ○
When I checked in 2025/26 it said I would receive £258.01. My wife is set to receive £231.05. I don't know why there is a difference.
83 days ago
Why are my pension contributions ignored when Universal Credit is calculated? STEVE WEBB wins £9,000 for reader over DWP blunder ⊕
Shouldn't my personal pension payments have been deducted from my earnings when my UC was assessed all the way back to the start of my claim?