planning your pension

• How much do I need to save to get a decent pension?  more...
• How soon in my working life should I start planning my pension?  more...
• What special issues are there for women?  more...
• Will my pension support my spouse/partner/dependents when I die?  more...
• Do I get tax relief on pension contributions?  more...
• Is there a limit on how much pension I can have?  more...
• Is there a limit on how much I can pay into a pension?  more...
• Can, and should, I take out a stakeholder pension?  more...
• What are Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs)?  more...
• What are free standing additional voluntary contributions (FSAVCs)?  more...
• what are 'added years'?  more...

further information

This section starts to get into a bit more detail about pensions, but still asks the basic questions that people ask when they start to think about pensions for the first time.