Retirement and pensions
Lost pensions: the cost of losing contact
Why losing contact with an old scheme can distort a retirement plan, and what the free tracing service actually finds.
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Pension Wise and the new retirement choices
The guidance service introduced alongside pension freedoms.
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The pension charge cap's arrival
The story behind a limit on charges in qualifying default pension arrangements.
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The Pension Protection Fund's beginnings
How a pension backstop was built around promises an employer might no longer meet.
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Beveridge's wartime blueprint
The 1942 report that brought life's financial risks into one national conversation.
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The arrival of automatic enrolment
How changing the starting point reshaped participation in workplace pensions.
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Britain's first State Pension
The story of a pension that began with five shillings a week.
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