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An investigation has been launched into claims that millions of people's pension pot details are being sold to criminals for as little as 5p.

Pension providers will have to give more support to savers accessing their pension pots in future, under plans confirmed by the regulator today.

Consumers rights are changing from 1 October when the new Consumer Rights Act, which has been given Royal Assent by the Queen today, comes into force.

While it's been available to publish since December, today the Treasury has finally released its response to the independent commissioned report by Christine Farnish, who has called for radical changes to the Money Advice Service and for an end to the marketeers gravy train.

The amount savers can put into a pension over their lifetime will fall in April 2016 from £1.25 million to £1 million, Chancellor George Osborne has announced today.

In tomorrow's Budget, the Chancellor will likely be lauding the most radical changes to private pensions for a generation.

Parents may be able to leave homes worth up to £1 million to their children without paying inheritance tax, according to leaked Treasury papers.

The national minimum wage for adults is to increase by 3% – 20p an hour – from 1 October, the biggest real-term rise in seven years, the Government has today announced.

MoneySavingExpert.com is today calling for the Treasury to publish the independent report it commissioned into the Money Advice Service, authored by Christine Farnish – a report it has delayed and hidden since December in a likely attempt to prevent any pre-election backlash.