The Retirement Thread

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14 Jun
2:08pm, 14 Jun 2024
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RRR-CAZ 🇬🇧
Can I go into the browsing lounge. Retirement hopefully is coming but no set date on when the redundancy is going to be though told as early as this year or as late as December 2025.
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Sigh
14 Jun
2:47pm, 14 Jun 2024
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Hi Mike The Scarf, welcome to the thread!

A good place to start is here: moneyhelper.org.uk

"Pension Wise is a service from MoneyHelper, backed by government. We offer free, impartial guidance to over 50s."

(If you have a mix of Defined Benefit (DB) (also known as Final Salary) and Defined Contribution (DC) pensions then that can make it a bit more complicated, but don't let that put you off; you need to get an update on how much your DB will pay out, and from when, to work out your financial position).
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14 Jun
2:48pm, 14 Jun 2024
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Sigh
Arggh, who on earth have I tagged? muppet

Last tag should have been for TheScribbler
Ness
Ness
14 Jun
2:49pm, 14 Jun 2024
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Ness
Welcome to the thread, TheScribbler.
TheScribbler
TheScribbler
14 Jun
3:11pm, 14 Jun 2024
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TheScribbler
Thanks Sigh. I still haven't got the hang of tagging on here either!
Snail
Snail
14 Jun
3:14pm, 14 Jun 2024
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Snail
There was Mike, quietly minding his own business... .
macca 53
macca 53
14 Jun
3:18pm, 14 Jun 2024
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macca 53
…and poor young Mike probably won’t be in here for another 10 years at least 😢
Garfield
Garfield
14 Jun
3:35pm, 14 Jun 2024
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Garfield
Quite!! ;)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
14 Jun
4:31pm, 14 Jun 2024
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Chances are Mike would like to be here, talking about potential retirement ;-)
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Sigh
14 Jun
7:35pm, 14 Jun 2024
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It looks like Mike hasn't been here at all for over 10 years anyway! :-)

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