This is Money can reveal the Royal London Pension Property Fund has agreed to provide funds for Audley Group’s Wycliffe Park development, a 25-acre site at Horsleys Green in Bucks.
I am still a carer for my husband, but no longer get carer’s allowance because I’m now receiving my state pension. What difference does my age make to it? We all still have to care for people.
Rishi Sunak is said to be concerned by the ‘anomaly’ of the mechanism used to calculate state pensions and is looking to either reform or scrap it in an autumn budget.
Robert Blake, 62, had grilled Government staff on whether filling a four-year gap in his payment record would improve his pension before handing over any cash, but still fell foul of the baffling system.
The Retail Price Index directly affects the finances of millions as it is used as a peg for pensions, investments, rail fares and interest payments on student loans.
My ex’s second wife is getting a divorce settlement but my children and I never got a penny of help – is it too late to get something?By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 02:38 EDT, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 03:57 EDT, 20 August 2020
Many who made wills in the pandemic named executors but failed to tell them: What’s involved and how do you persuade someone to take it on?Executors are typically trusted friends or relativesThey administer a will, carry out last wishes and distribute assetsLawyers urge people to consult their chosen executors before making a willIf they refuse after the fact, you might have to pay a fee to change itExecutors can renounce the role after you die, but must do so immediately By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 02:38 EDT, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 02:38 EDT, 20 August 2020
Savers are typically told to beware that HMRC will look askance if they transfer out of a final salary pension while in poor health and die in two years, and could decide to levy inheritance tax.
Open up the bank of Gran & Grandad: From helping with mortgages to an early inheritance… how to spread your wealth without triggering tax trapsInheritance tax is 40% of the value of your estate only if worth £325,000 or moreBy giving money now you can lower the value of your estate above the threshold If you die within seven years of the gift, it will be counted as part of your estate By Samantha Partington For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 10:33 EDT, 19 August 2020
Savers who were set to retire may have had to reconsider as pension pots saw their worst quarterly performance on record in the first three months of 2020.