Annuity rates have climbed again meaning a 65-year-old with a £100,000 pension pot should be able to buy an annuity income of up to £7,144 per year, up from £7,027 two weeks ago and an increase of 20% on the same period last year.

There was a time when the professional body sector was reassuringly dull. An oasis of calm, grey in a sea of volatile and excitable financial services.

Nearly 1 in 2 women over 50 say running out of money during retirement is one of their biggest financial concerns, compared to only 1 in 3 men of the same age.

HMRC has extended to 5 April 2025 the opportunity for taxpayers to fill gaps in their National Insurance record from April 2006.