The State Pension will rise by 2.5% in April, the Government confirmed today.

The resignation of Amber Rudd as Work and Pensions Secretary on Saturday night triggered the appointment of the sixth DWP boss since 2016 prompting Financial Planner Quilter to hit out at the “revolving door”.

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd MP has quit her Cabinet role and her Conservative Party membership in protest at the expulsion of 21 MPs from the party.