One in four female homeowners over the age of 55 have no private pension, according to research from SunLife.

In a poll of more than 1,000 homeowners over 55, 24% of women said they had no savings stashed away in a private pension, compared to only 6% of men.

The study also showed that 22% of women believed they were financially worse off at this stage of their lives than they...

Contractors who declared to HMRC what they received through disguised remuneration schemes over the last 20 years can settle their bills on the terms offered before the rules changed in 2017.

Since April 1999, up to 40,000 members of these schemes were paid in loan advances, rather than salary, and paid less income tax as a result.

The Revenue wrote to those affected earlier this...