Former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann has forecast major changes ahead for pensions in 2019 with policy trends already in motion likely to continue next year despite an uncertain economic picture.

A fintech firm has launched what it claims is the UK’s first “free and independent Financial Planning app for freelancers and self-employed people.”

A new report from the Demos think tank has found economic insecurity in later life is the most pressing challenge for self-employed workers.

A proposed rise in National Insurance levels for the self-employed has been axed – just a week after it was announced in the Budget.