Paul Lewis
Writer at Saga Magazine
Financial journalist, broadcaster, and speaker. Seek the truth, find the truth, tell the truth. Unequivocally for free speech & press. Wilkie Collins expert too
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4 weeks ago |
theactuary.com | Paul Lewis
Actuaries make a valuable and vital contribution across the financial sector, but recently I’ve been impressed by the amount of work that IFoA volunteers are doing to raise the profile of pensions. I’d like to highlight some examples:1 Gen Z reportIn February, the IFoA worked with the Pensions Policy Institute on a report about the pension concerns of Generation Z.
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1 month ago |
saga.co.uk | Paul Lewis
Payouts dropped There will be no compensation for the 46,000 customers of Safe Hands funeral plan firm. They lost around £70 million between them when the company went bust in 2022. Now, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will ignore a report by its own complaints commissioner that said it should reconsider compensating people who lost money.
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2 months ago |
saga.co.uk | Paul Lewis
Pension updates for 2025Your state pension will rise from 7 April by up to 4.1%. The standard new state pension will be £230.25 a week and the basic old state pension £176.45. But millions will not see the full effect of this rise until May; some will have to wait until 30 May. Most pensioners are paid four weeks in arrears. The date the first payment arrives depends on two things: your payday and your payment cycle. Both are set by your National Insurance number.
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2 months ago |
saga.co.uk | Paul Lewis
Higher bills for allThe main thing growing this spring is the price of essentials. On 1 April, electricity and gas prices are up 6.4%, council tax is going up by 4.9% in most parts of Britain (more in some), a TV licence is £5 a year more, and water will cost on average £603 a year in England, a rise of £123 or 26%. The biggest increase is for customers of Southern Water with new bills averaging £703, up an eye-watering £225 a year, or 47%.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
saga.co.uk | Paul Lewis
How to make a will for freeIf you do not have an up-to-date will – and nearly one in three of those aged 55-plus don’t – then sign up for Free Wills Month. The solicitors taking part in 40 towns and cities across England and Scotland will make a simple will, or pair of wills for a couple, free of charge as part of the scheme, which runs this month. The 23 organising charities hope you’ll include a legacy to one of them, but it is not compulsory.
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‘Shitlib’ is new. I like it! Thanks.
@paullewismoney @HMRCgovuk What makes you think that Reform are tax snitches? ~ they are under no obligation to pass on details. Only a shitlib would think of grassing people up the the HMRC ~ all tax is theft https://t.co/8mWKJbaGnD
The problem with naming and shaming is that naming is easy - well done @HMRCgovuk - but shame never follows.
518 employers named for not paying £7.4m minimum wage to 60,000 workers. List includes BA, Capita, Halfords, Lidl, Pizza Express, Prezzo, TUI. None forgot to pay execs but condemned workers to misery. Regulation & enforcement is needed to curb abuses. https://t.co/Y1e2KiHLpf
