Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This Is Money's Agony Uncle. He is ready to answer your questions, whether you are still saving, in the process of stopping work, or juggling your finances in retirement. This week, he seeks to help a husband trying to sort out the finances of his wife, who is dying of cancer. ...read
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Must older married women wait for husbands to reach retirement age to get state pension? Steve Webb replies
Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This Is Money's Agony Uncle. He is ready to answer your questions, whether you are still saving, in the process of stopping work, or juggling your finances in retirement. This week, he explains how women used to have to wait for their husbands to get a state pension, but rules have changed now. ...read
I had to forfeit my late wife's pension just because I remarried - how is this fair? Steve Webb replies
Former Pensions Minister Steve Webb is This Is Money's Agony Uncle. He is ready to answer your questions, whether you are still saving, in the process of stopping work, or juggling your finances in retirement. This week, a widower asks why his headteacher wife's pension payouts didn't last for life, only while he stayed single. ...read
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