Will state pensions ever be means tested? This is the Money podcast

Older people received another increase in the state pension this week, bringing the full rate to more than £11,000 a year.

This year’s increase of 8.5 percent was due to the triple lock obligation – a guarantee that the state pension will increase each year by the highest CPI, wages or 2.5 percent.

What does the future bring? While there is plenty of speculation that the state pension will become means-tested, in reality it could be incredibly difficult to implement.

This week, Tanya Jefferies, Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Lee Boyce talk about state pensions – and how they compare to other countries.

And to stay with this theme, there are again delays in the government’s new online service for topping up state pensions. When will it be launched?

NS&I is having a four-day IT meltdown, making it difficult for customers to log in – and suggesting that there is a ‘time drift’. What does this bizarre statement mean?

Crane is once again drawn into the case, this time Eon is in the line of fire after insisting that a part-time dance teacher had used £95,000 worth of energy… in a month.

And who on earth would keep an American Express card in their wallet with a 704.6 percent APR? Lee has the answer.