British workers don’t understand how the State Pension works, while many struggle on even the basic aspects of how the state retirement system works, according to a new report.

New research underlines the gender pension gap by highlighting that women are much likely to pay the minimum amount into their auto-enrolment pension than men.

Fairness in pensions is very important, particularly when it comes to the State Pension. It is sadly, increasingly missing from Government pension policy.

Plans to bring forward a rise in the state pension age which were expected to be announced in May have been put on hold, according to newspaper reports.