What you need to know about pensions with Steve Webb

About this episode

Steve Webb discusses pensions and retirement finances with hosts Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert.

Pensions are a topic that dominate the financial landscape and for the past decade This is Money readers have had Sir Steve Webb on hand to answer their questions. A former pensions minister, Steve has been our weekly columnist for ten years and helped guide people through the maze of retirement finances. On this episode of the This is Money Podcast, Steve joins Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert to talk about what's happened over those ten years and discuss what you need to know about pensions. Whether they've been about saving for retirement, turning a pension into income, working out what the quirks of the state pension mean for you and much more, Steve has both helped the readers asking the question and the millions who have read the answers. Aided by This is Money's pension and investing editor, Tanya Jefferies, Steve has also undertaken campaigning journalism, exposing among other things the underpaid women's state pension scandal, which got us a mention in parliamentary reports. Also on this week's show, Simon reveals how to strike the best deal on a new car with the help of our industry insiders who know how much the salesman or woman will really knock off. Plus, if you get…

People in this episode

Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert

Guest: Steve Webb

Topics covered

• pensions
• retirement finances
• inheritance tax
• car deals
• state pension

Keywords

• pensions
• retirement
• inheritance tax
• car deals
• state pension
• financial advice
• Steve Webb

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: This is Money, Barclays

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