Freedom

  • NewsJasmine Jones

    Burkini Roundup: 15 Of Our Favourite Looks For Beach And Beyond

    Aheda Zanetti, creator of the burkini says she devised it so that her niece could play netball and to give women freedom. Since the controversy in France, burkini sales have have doubled, M&S’ burkina range which hit stores in April completely sold out and this year’s olympics saw many Muslim women compete and win medals in comfort and style.

  • BusinessAOL

    New pension rules: how to avoid a huge tax bill

    Retirees using the pension freedoms to strip their pension pots are at 'significant risk' of a large tax bill but it can all be avoided with some clever planning. Pension experts have warned retirees against raiding their defined

    5-min read
  • PoliticsAOL

    Pension freedom also means freedom to make wrong decisions

    The government is keen to save us from ourselves when it comes to retirement, helping us save and trying to lead us on the right path when we reach old age, but at some point the hand-holding has to stop and we have to take some responsibility.

    2-min read
  • PoliticsAOL

    Will pension freedom create double trouble for taxpayers?

    Those close enough to age 55, or those over it, may be looking forward to getting their hands on their pension pot in April but for those of us a few decades from retirement may have cause to worry. While I've written plenty about the

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  • BusinessAOL

    Do some legwork to make the most of free pensions guidance

    There's little over four months to go before the new world of pension freedom is introduced and along with it a 'guidance guarantee' for all retirees but are you going to make the most of it? The guidance guarantee was the cherry

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  • BusinessAOL

    Pensions jargon buster

    The government wants everyone to take control of their pension and have greater freedom over it, but how are we expected to do that when politicians and the pensions industry continues to talk in Penglish (that's pensions-English to you)?

    3-min read