Investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown has reported client numbers rose by 8,000 to 1.812m in the latest quarter, according to a trading update issued today.

A third (32%) of Britons rank pension planning as their lowest 'life admin' priority, according to research from Standard Life.

The amount of new business flowing into the Hargreaves Lansdown platform fell 13% to £4.8bn in the year to the end of June, down from £5.5bn in the previous year.

Fresh new challenges have been thrown up for retirement planning following the publication of new ONS statistics today showing that the number of centenarians living in England and Wales in 2021 climbed to the highest ever number ever recorded.