Nearly half of Financial Planners (49%) who offer retirement advice report that recent pension tax allowance changes have spurred a boom in demand for advice, according to a new study.

Concerns over the sustainability of the State Pension Triple Lock could be a major influence on the way people vote in the General Election expected later this year, Steven Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, has predicted.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s National Insurance (NI) cuts, which come into effect on Saturday, could hit the future funding of the state pension and current triple lock.

More than £26bn in pension pots is ‘missing’ because savers have lost track of their retirement pots, according to new analysis.