In this week’s Pensions Goth blog I talk about how we can close the pensions gender gap, how tomorrow is the last day to pay to fill in gaps in your National Insurance record missed since 2006, and insights from Morgan Vine at the TUC Pensions Conference on Wednesday 2nd April 2025. Many thanks to…
On Tuesday, the Government announced reforms to working age disability benefits with the stated aim of helping those who can work to do so, and supporting those who can’t. This will be done via providing more support and incentives to work, as well as making it harder to achieve eligibility for Personal Independence Payment (PIP),…
There has been talk recently in the news about means testing the State Pension. This is because the costs of the State Pension will continue to grow, despite increases in State Pension age (SPa). Spending on State pension in 2024/25 is forecast to be around £137.5bn. Spending on state pensions and pensioner benefits costs around…