Pensioners

  • Investment companies call on Rachel Reeves to ditch inheritance tax raid on pensions

    Investment companies have called on the chancellor to ditch budget plans to apply inheritance tax on undrawn pensions. A letter penned by the chief executives of AJ Bell, Hargreaves Lansdown, Interactive Investor and Quilter, which collectively manage £430bn of investments for UK customers, says there is “concern” about the proposals put forward by Rachel Reeves.…

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  • Pensioners taking UK govts to court over winter fuel payment cut

    Two pensioners are seeking to take the Scottish and UK governments to court over the cut to the winter fuel payment. Peter and Florence Fanning, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, have raised proceedings with the help of the Govan Law Centre against the Scottish government and the UK work and pensions secretary over the policy. It…

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  • Gov Umar Namadi approves payment of over N3.4 billion to retirees

    Governor Umar Namadi has approved the payment of over N3.4 billion to 1,331 who exited from active service on attainment of thirty-five years in service between January to July this year and those who died while in active service. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Administration and Finance of the…

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