Arcadia will halt the £2m monthly contributions which were agreed with The Pensions Regulator last summer to reduce a shortfall in the pension scheme.

A probe is now under way into the failure, which went unnoticed for more than a decade until discovered by our pensions columnist Steve Webb and This is Money.

We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save?

What happens to my pension if the insurance company has serious financial problems or goes bump? Our agony uncle Steve Webb explains what happens to pensions that are bought out by insurers.

It is still unclear how errors were made in so many cases. And our new cases reveal a scandalous level of incompetence by the DWP when people approach it for help on their own.

Married women who retired on small state pensions before April 2016 should get an uplift to 60 per cent of their husband's payments once he reaches retirement age too.

RAF veteran Alan Fowler, 72, (pictured with his wife Lynda) has an annuity from Legal & General paying a pittance but it refused his pleas for a lump sum.

It's a bitter irony that the women contacting us about this are 70 and above, the age group most tragically afflicted and threatened by the coronovirus.

We had a 25 hour delay to Mexico, we applied for compensation and were told it was on its way via BACs, then a few days later Thomas Cook folded. Will I get it?

I have just started a new job and joined the company pension plan. I'd like to take a more active role but I don't know how to find out what I can and can't do and where I should go from there.

We were put over the three hour delay time which entitles us to compensation after we landed at Amsterdam, are we still due a payout or is it based on when the plane touches down?

I'm 27 and hold a stocks and shares Lifetime Isa with Nutmeg, and haven't even considered whether there are legalities around what age I can take my private pension, which I haven't needed to consider

In our latest Money Diaries, we speak to a 33 year-old woman from the South West, who is a teacher with significant savings - but still wants to be more financially prepared for the future.

Former world No 1 Andy Murray has revealed how he 'was pretty much done with tennis' as he struggled with the physical and mental pain of his serious injury.

As Jadon Sancho shines for Borussia Dortmund, we've rated the 20 most expensive teenagers in football history, featuring no fewer than five Manchester United signings.

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has recalled the time he thought Wayne Rooney's time at the club was over, seven years before he actually left.

Fabio Capello has given a frank account of England's 2010 World Cup campaign and has admitted that it pained him to put David James in goal following Robert Green's error against the United States.

The claim will help to cover the £250m plus loss of revenue after the coronavirus outbreak wiped out the fortnight-long tournament, which was set to start in June.

Police were called to Nathaniel Suggitt's house in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, where they found his body with multiple stab wounds on Saturday.

The FTSE 100 index rose 156.75 points to 6115.25, closing above the 6000 mark for the first time since early March, despite data showing the US economy shrank 4.8 per cent in the first quarter.

Last year Shell was the most generous dividend payer in the UK, handing pension funds and investors £11.6bn.That amounted to 15.5 per cent of all payments made by FTSE 100 firms.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is looking at claims from 12,000 savers who bought so-called mini bonds from LCF and were left high and dry when the company collapsed.

Tyson Fury's team have opened discussions to face Australian cruiserweight Jai Opetaia in Sydney next year, despite a trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder coming up this summer.

Joshua suffered the first loss of his career after being knocked down four times against little-known Mexican Ruiz in New York last June before the referee waved off the fight in round seven.

EXCLUSIVE BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: Chris Wood never quite considered killing himself, but he did wonder about the point of living. Cricketer by day, gambler by night.

The FTSE 100 was down by 144 to 5757 points, wiping out much of the strong gains it had seen this week after signs of several countries easing lockdown measures.

London markets opened flat today as Asian shares continued to climb after China's central bank fixed the yuan in a bid to ease US trade-war tensions.

Meghan Markle skipped her friend Misha Nonoo's pop-up in NYC on Monday night despite being in the city to see friend Serena Williams play in the US Open over the weekend.

Savers want to prioritise responsible investing for retirement, but 'default' funds - which staff are automatically opted into - are not yet reflecting this, according to the report by pensions consultant LCP.

Whilst I fully understand the risk of my investments, I was not aware I could lose the pension if the platform company failed. Is this really the case? What are the dangers investors need to know about?

We explain the challenges of staying invested during retirement, and offer a checklist on what to do in a market meltdown.

Following the closure of millions of businesses due to the coronavirus, many firms are looking to do all they can to hang on to cash reserves to help them through the difficult time ahead.

While mini-bonds are not normally protected, B&G used a regulated company to drum up clients and raise money, which means investors who poured money in that way could be entitled to a payout.

The funds will be used largely to upgrade and maintain existing roads to help tackle congestion and reduce bottle necks.

The tax-free allowance for pensions will be cut from £1.5million to £1.25million over a lifetime and from £50,000 to £40,000 annually - raising an extra £1billion.

A 'triple lock' commitment was made in 2010, when the state pension rises were controversially switched from the retail prices index (RPI) to CPI, which has historically risen at a slower pace.

Chancellors can never resist the opportunity to fiddle with pension rules. George Osborne has joined the club, pushed by the determination of the LibDems to be nasty to rich people.

George Osborne yesterday announced he was cutting the tax-free amount an individual can put into their pension each year from £50,000 to £40,000.

The changes will come into force in 2014/15 and are expected to bring thousands more well-off savers into tax on their pension contributions, generating an extra £1 billion in tax by 2016/17.

Adele Collinson, pictured, owns an arts and crafts busines and worries the new cap on tax-free pension contributions will hit her retirement plans.

Anyone currently in their 40s or younger would be affected by the move, which will see the state pension age rise as the average person lives longer.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that pensioners will get the chance to boost their incomes in a six month window between October 2015 and April 2016.

With this year's statement imminent, pension experts are pleading for a grace period for an industry that has undergone wide-ranging regulatory changes in recent years.

The age at which people can claim their state pension will rise to 68 in the mid-2030s, 69 in the late-2040s and future rises will be linked to life expectancy.

Annuities which come with death benefits can be passed to loved ones tax-free if you die aged under 75, the Chancellor announced in the Autumn statement.

Three major changes to pension saving are on the horizon, which will hit those helping to build a healthy fund for retirement. Now, the Chancellor faces calls to reverse a planned tax grab

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the basic state pension will rise by £3.35 to £119.30 a week from April, while the starting rate for the new single-tier version will be £155.65.

Philip Hammond told MPs he would be compiling a major report into the impact that state spending on pensioners has on the health and social care of an ageing population.

In the race to be named the most popular family package holiday destination, Tenerife has come out on top for the second year running, according to TravelSupermarket.

Julie Tuck's family arrived at Doncaster Airport on Wednesday 17 July at 1pm, ready to depart to Kos at 4pm. However, at 4pm they were all advised that their flight had been cancelled.