This week saw Chancellor George Osborne deliver his Spending Review with news of around 480,000 public sector job cuts over the next four years.

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was quoted in the Independent on Sunday today, in an article about the pension tax relief changes announced this week.

Following the announcement from HM Treasury this morning, we have produced a free nine page briefing note looking at the key headlines and implications.

HM Treasury has just announced some big changes to the pension contribution annual allowance and the lifetime allowance applied to pension funds.

It’s been an eventful week for pensions. The usually dull retirement savings vehicle has spent several days making the headlines due to a BBC investigation, government review and supermarket pension scheme closure.

The State Pension age is again under debate, this time at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

The BBC broadcast a fairly sensationalist episode of Panorama yesterday evening, looking at pensions and charges.

Today is Older People’s Day 2010. This national day, set up by the government and other supporting groups, aims to recognise the impact of people living for longer.

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford looks at how a pension share can be fairly calculated on divorce.

Employee engagement and financial education have been described as two critical factors needed for successful retirement planning.

We are pleased to announce that Informed Choice has been named Best Retirement Adviser at the Moneyfacts Good Advice Awards 2010.

Informed Choice managing director and chartered financial planner Martin Bamford answered a question from a reader for thisismoney.co.uk, about how much they should budget for their pension.

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford looks at the risk of ‘levelling down’ once the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is introduced in 2012.

A recent consultation from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) contained proposals to stop people from transferring their defined benefit pension benefits to a defined contribution pension scheme, such as a personal pension.

Escalating money worries are having a growing impact on mental and physical health.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has endorsed a call to increase the State Pension Age to 66 from 2016, whilst at the same time recommending that any future increases should be linked to the life expectancy of those on lower incomes.

The title of this blog just about sums up the consensus in the ‘non-financial’ media regarding the issue of saving […]

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford looks at the study by fund manager David Pitt-Watson and explores the issues behind a focus on charges when saving for retirement.

A consultation published by the government this week should result in the default retirement age being phased out.

Informed Choice chief executive and chartered financial planner Nick Bamford proposes a radical series of measures to simplify and modernise the UK pensions system.