The date at which someone must be 68 to draw a state pension has been brought forward by around 10 years.
The change to be announced today as part of Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn statement will see the current scheduled date to be forward from 2046 to sometime in the mid-2030s.
Many commentators expect that the state pension age will rise again to 69 by the late 2040s and...
Coalition of UK environmental organisations urges UK Government to enforce bee-harming pesticide bans.
Thirteen leading UK environmental organisations are today calling for the UK Government to show its commitment to reversing bee declines by fully enforcing the ban on neonicotinoid pesticides.
From Monday 2 December 2014, the EU-wide ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides...
The Government’s chief legal advisor will in future issue advisory notices to Twitter and Facebook users to help prevent them committing a contempt of court.
The advice has previously only been issued to journalists on a ‘not for publication basis’ is designed to make to make sure a fair trial takes place will warn people not to comment on certain aspects of court cases.
Household utility bills may continue to rise above the rate of inflation for the next 17 years, according to the Government's spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO).
A report by the watchdog has concluded that government and regulators do not know by how much overall expected new investment by the private sector in infrastructure will increase household utility bills for...
Firefighters in Plymouth have walked out for a fourth time today (Wednesday 13 November) over pensions and the age of retirement. The four-hour strike action took place between 10am and 2pm.
The action by firefighters in England and Wales follows a deadlock in talks between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and government over pensions and retirement age.
The Government says that more than 2,000 people have put in offers on homes under the Help to Buy scheme, totalling £365 million of new mortgage lending.
The applications are backed by a ‘decision in principle’ by RBS and Lloyds, the first two participating banks, for 95 per cent mortgages. Ten of the 2,384 applications have already completed.
The government is setting out a range of proposals to reshape workplace pensions for future generations.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says these are designed to create more certainty for individuals, share investment risks more equally, and help employers to keep offering the best possible workplace pensions.
The proposals follow the government's commitment in the...
