If you're aged over 74, you could be entitled to backdated cash from the Government to help cover the cost of energy bills. But you need to be quick, as you'll need to post your claim form by Saturday at the very latest.
Special Pensioner Bonds paying "market-leading" fixed savings rates will be available from January 2015 to all over-65s, Chancellor George Osborne announced in today's Budget.
Pension savers will have the option to gain immediate access to their whole savings pot at non-punitive rates from the age of 55, under a massive overhaul to the pensions system to come into force next year.
The Government is ordering pension fund managers to come clean about hidden costs which can wipe tens of thousands of pounds off the value of retirement pots.
January's never the easiest money month, so MoneySavingExpert.com is urging you to check now if you're owed cash due to mis-selling, poor service or for something else.
3 January 2014
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