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        • Govt urged to help elderly unemployed back into work
        • Equity release could help 'close gap' in social care funding
        • Retirees to receive additional home support?
        • Financial planning 'top of new year's resolutions lists
        • Ship members release £12.1bn of equity
        • Equity release grows
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        • Retirees to benefit from improved annuity income following pension shake-up
        • Technology could play key role in solving pensions crisis
        • Fifties are the 'most expensive period' in our lives
        • Wealthy savers should be stripped of tax relief on pensions, says Alexander
        • UK homeowners failing to prepare for retirement
        • Average retirement age on the rise
        • Value of UK homes nearly doubled since 2001
        • Govt urged to help elderly unemployed back into work
        • Inflation falls to 14-month low
        • Just Retirement named Best Annuity Provider at Professional Adviser Awards
        • Quantitative easing 'catastrophic' for pensions
        • Govt urged to cut VAT from energy bills
        • Nearly half of UK consumers struggling to save
        • Equity release could help 'close gap' in social care funding
        • Quantitative easing 'is impoverishing pensioners'
        • Falling annuity rates 'emphasise importance of financial planning'
        • People 'approaching retirement with debt'
        • Pension savings 'are considered too late'
        • Finances 'unlikely to improve in 2012'
        • Households 'cutting back on food to pay for fuel'
        • EDF cuts dual fuel prices by 5%
        • New retirees expect lower incomes in 2012
        • Public sector pension cuts 'unacceptable'
        • Opting out of auto-enrolment 'will have serious financial implications'
        • Financial planning 'top of new year's resolutions lists'
        • Savers must fight back, says expert
        • Study highlights effects of opting out of auto-enrolment
        • AA calls for community spirit to help the elderly
        • Govt abolishes short service refunds
        • People failing to save for care, study shows
      • News archive
        • November 2011
          • Auto-enrolment 'will not make retirees poorer'
          • 'Always consider' enhanced annuities
          • Many people 'lack confidence in pensions'
          • Brits not saving enough for retirement, IFP study shows
          • Just Retirement wins top award for service
          • 'Disappointing' numbers of people include charities in their will
          • Majority of income 'spent on essential bills'
          • Advice offered on coping with Christmas costs
          • Retirement funding 'a worry for many Brits'
          • Equity release 'helps sustain good quality of life'
          • Older Brits 'helping children with financial commitments'
          • Majority of Brits 'worried about winter fuel bills'
        • October 2011
          • How to boost your pension income by 30pc
          • ABI launches new annuities initiative
          • Open market offers higher income
          • Inflation 'robbing pensioners of savings'
        • June 2011
        • July 2011
        • August 2011
          • Downsizing 'not always the best option' for retirees
          • Retirees 'using equity release to help family buy a home'
          • Equity release 'needs careful assessment'
          • Older people forced to sell homes to pay for retirement, says survey
          • Could the bank of mum and dad go bust?
        • September 2011
          • Incomes declining for retirees, study shows
          • Brits 'relying on savings' to pay energy bills
          • Labour party 'will back public sector pension strikes'
          • Families 'must be involved in equity release decisions'
          • Equity release 'makes perfect sense'
          • Brits 'unaware of pension risks'
          • Rise in state pension age "is inevitable"
          • Rise in state pension age "is inevitable"
          • CBI: Govt must continue with pension reforms
          • Could equity help pensioners without adequate savings?
          • Downsizing 'not always the best option' for retirees
          • Rising house prices good news for those considering equity release?
          • Equity release 'has many advantages'
          • Brits 'staying in work' to raise retirement funds
          • Discuss equity release with family, expert advises
          • 'Speak to qualified professionals' when seeking financial advice
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