UK’s largest free electric car charging network installed at Tesco stores reaches 500,000 top-ups

By Tom Pyman and for MailOnline and Rob Hull for This is Money  Grants for electric cars are set to be slashed by £500 and won’t apply to the best-selling Tesla vehicle any more under new plans. A government drive to encourage more green vehicles on the road has seen it subsidisie 35 per cent … Read more

I am in my 30s and too ill to work, so should I buy state pension top-ups?

I am in my early 30s and have an illness which has affected my ability to work full-time.  I had to leave my career and work various minimum wage part-time jobs to facilitate this, with periods of not being able to work at all. I have 13 years of full contributions on my National Insurance … Read more

How do I work out if buying top-ups will increase my state pension?

Robert Blake: ‘I went in with my eyes open. I was really aware there was a potential problem. I didn’t go there blind’ A self-employed saver snared by the baffling state pension top-ups system has won a £540 refund and received an apology. Robert Blake, 62, had grilled government staff on whether filling a four-year gap … Read more

Saver spent £21k on top-ups not added to his state pension

‘I spent £21k on state pension top-ups AND deferred for five years, but saw no increase in payments’: Why did the DWP ignore his pleas for help? Saver spent substantial sum to boost his state pension by £25 a week But increase was missed off payments due to start this summer ‘I have found it … Read more

Arcadia halts £2m pension top-ups as it tries to cling on to cash in face of coronavirus lockdown

Sir Philip Green’s retail empire suspending payments to pension scheme as it tries to cling on to cash in face of coronavirus lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 29 March 2020 Sir Philip Green’s retail empire is suspending payments to its pension scheme … Read more