A major new consumer survey has revealed that many young people fear the state pension will fail to look after them in retirement.

Pension consultancy LCP has launched an online tool to help savers work out if they can benefit by topping up their State Pension by paying voluntary National Insurance Contributions.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared six previously unrevealed errors in State Pension payments it has had to act to correct since 2007.

The Spring Statement ignores the needs of the elderly and will lead to a rise in pensioner poverty, according to Baroness Ros Altmann.