The regulator has worked with other government agencies on Project Bloom, set up to tackle pension scams.
Project Bloom has identified a number of gangs with close family ties targeting pension savers. A number of criminal investigations into these family gangs are under way between TPR, government agencies and the police.
Political uncertainty is weighing on prices as it puts people off making big decisions resulting in a subdued market. However, a resilient jobs market and wage growth are keeping the market from falling harder, says Halifax.
The figures in Halifax bank’s latest house price index show 0.8% growth year-on-year for house prices.
The average pension cash withdrawal was £7,197 in the final three months of 2018, which represents the lowest figure on record since the introduction of pension freedoms in 2015. In the previous quarter withdrawals per person stood at £7,597.
The Premier League contributed a total of £3.3 billion in tax to the Treasury in 2016-17.
Premier League players themselves paid £1.1 billion of this, according to a report from accountancy firm EY. In total, the Premier League contributed £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2016-17.
More than 200,000 parents are facing a smaller state pension because of a complicated bureaucratic situation involving child benefit of which they are unaware.
Contribution costs are set to rise from 5 April with the new tax year.
Pension provider Royal London is warning those people thinking of filling the gaps to make contributions before this date.
After two years in the works, the government has today implemented a ban on any cold-calling related to pensions.
This means in effect that any phone call that you receive from an unknown person or company, where they ask about your pension, is not a legitimate call.
According to the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) up to 150,000 married Isa holders die every year.
However, just 21,000 people took advantage of a little-known tax-saving scheme in 2017-18, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by financial provider Zurich.
From 9 January, it will be against the law for firms or individuals to call people about pensions out of the blue.
However, it is unlikely that pension cold calls will stop entirely as many fraudsters are based overseas.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined the bank £32.8 million after it found the firm failed in its duty to the relatives of deceased customers.
According to the FCA, more than 40,000 customers were directly affected, and the bank failed to transfer £183 million in funds entitled to beneficiaries.
The FCA says that it found the bank failed to disclose information relating to problems with the probate and bereavement process to the regulator after it became aware.