“Poverty in retirement should not be considered an inevitability.” (Image: Getty/Mathew Horwood) As many as one in four of the nation’s 12.5m elderly people will be left without their financial ‘safety net’ by the time spring comes around next year. Most worrying
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are at risk of receiving unexpected tax bills, according to new analysis. A growing number of retirees are being dragged into paying income tax for the first time due to threshold freezes and state pension hikes. But
A retired British couple has claimed to have previously found a bizarre “shine” dedicated to missing Madeleine McCann in the same Barragem do Arade reservoir that became the focus of a new major probe this week. The retirees, who have asked to
A group of Swiss retirees took their government to a top European court Wednesday over what they claim is its failure to take stronger action on climate change. Lawyers and members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection appeared before the
Hundreds of retirees took to the streets in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednesday to protest cuts to medical benefits, according to residents and social media posts, following widespread demonstrations last year over COVID curbs. In the central city
Jeremy Hunt has called on people who retired early during the pandemic to rejoin the workforce, saying Britain needs them. But an expert has said employers need to “step up to the plate” to help get people back into work. Mr Hunt