Pension consultancy LCP has launched an online tool to help savers work out if they can benefit by topping up their State Pension by paying voluntary National Insurance Contributions.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared six previously unrevealed errors in State Pension payments it has had to act to correct since 2007.

The Spring Statement ignores the needs of the elderly and will lead to a rise in pensioner poverty, according to Baroness Ros Altmann.

Projections from the government's Office for National Statistics suggest that the rise in life expectancy over recent years is slowing down.