This channel is designed to provide information for all pensioners - whether you are on State Pension only or an Occupational or Private pension or Social Security or a combination or otherwise.  
We are constantly adding to this channel - if there is a topic you feel we should be highlighting - please drop us an e-mail with your suggestions or - even better - your own story or article! 

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http://www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk/campaigns/moneytalks.html

The State Pension is administered and paid by thePension Service, part of the Department for Work & Pensions

Budget 2010 -Main announcements about Pensions, Savings, Trusts and Charities

• Will you get the full State pension?  Women missing out!
• The basic State Pension
• Changes to state pension 
• Pensions at a Glance: Public Policies across OECD Countries 2005 Edition

• Public Sector Rich list -PDF

• Major survey finds workplace pensions in smaller firms - which employ well over half of the UK workforce - are under growing threat

• Baby boomer Britons reject traditional retirement

• Who pays for our pension?

• Pension Crisis - series of articles

• Turner Report Q&A

• Are you losing out in pension payments? by Cliffe Webb

• Pension NEWS Citizens Pension - Differing views

• Do you want a 'citizen's pension'?  - Money Telegraph  15/12/2004

• State Pensions Models around the world by Pensions Policy Institute - July 2003

• State Pension Forecast - An individual pension forecast will tell you the current value of the State Pension you have already earned and the amount you can expect at State Pension age. You will find a forecast helpful if you are trying to plan your pension.

• State Pension Increases   a revised table showing pension level over last 26 years and the percentage increase  - putting the pension "increases" in a very poor light!  It also shows Labour in a poor light vs the Tories

• SERPS

• State Second Pension

• Major Survey - over half of final salary schemes closed to new staff.

• Winter Fuel allowance

• Equitable Life Members Support Group

• Better Pensions For Women -

• Pension Basics  Lots of information - All about picking the right pension, Final salary, Money Purchase, SERPS, Group Personal Schemes, Annuities - Example Tables etc

• Pensions Briefing by National Assembly of Women  Retired women in the UK get a very poor deal and vast numbers are left to cope on tiny incomes for the last period of their lives. Download in Word Format

• Pension reform and Economic Performance in Britain in the 1980S & 1990s by Richard Disney, Carl Emmerson and Sarah Smith 

• Occupational Pensions - Danger looms!!  There are signs that a major change of company pensions could leave millions of Britons facing poverty in their old age.

• FSA - Financing the future - their way!!

• Pensions Organisations  A variety of Pensions organisations mainly for those with private pensions or occupational pensions.  Some will help you to choose your IFA - others are there for your pension protection

• Private Pensions - The Basics!  Pensions are really terribly important, especially at a time when the government is talking of reducing dependancy on the State Pension. Choosing a private pension can be terribly confusing.

• Advice Lines snippets of information on pensions and benefits - links to useful sources of information 

• Pensioners Guide - England & Wales -  making the most of government help and advice - - a must for pensioners!
• Pensioners Guide - Scotland As Above

• SERPS Some useful information on State Earnings Related Pension Scheme

• Irish State Pensions  by BPTUAA  we should be so lucky! 

• EEC  Pension Objectives  The Commission adopted on 3rd July 2001 a Communication on Supporting national strategies for safe and sustainable pensions through an integrated approach outlining 10 objectives

• £200 per week pension?  Is this Science Fiction or another hare brained scheme?