The state pension, if pegged to wage growth next April, could increase by as much as 5.5 per cent, economists have warned.

Retirees will be dragged into paying income tax on their state pension as early as next year, fresh analysis suggests.

Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the Department for Work and Pensions do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary. The Department for Work and Pensions overpaid more than £500 ...

Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary. The DWP overpaid more than £500 million of state pension ...

Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has hit out at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over letters sent to grieving families asking them to return overpaid pension payments without ...

But ex-Liberal Democrats pensions minister Sir Steve Webb said these letters do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary. The DWP overpaid more than £500million of state pension and ...

Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary. The DWP overpaid more than £500 million of state pension and ...

Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb hit out at the department for asking families to return overpaid pension payments - without making it clear the repayment was optional. Sir Steve said the DWP ...