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Insurer LV= said it had taken triple the normal volume of calls about drawdown, one of the ways to access pension money, since 6 April.
The government said earlier this year that about 320,000 people would be able to access pension pots flexibly without suffering punitive tax rates.
From Thursday, the government will cut the minimum yearly income required to access pension savings flexibly to £12,000, raise the limit on how much can be accessed to 150% of an equivalent annuity, double the total pension savings that can be taken as a lump sum to £30,000 and increase the size of a small pot that can be taken as a lump sum.
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It also warns that the rights of 2 million British expats to work and access pensions and healthcare in EU countries may no longer be guaranteed.
Elderly people are "invisible" in many countries because of poor monitoring of their wellbeing, according to an index that ranks countries based on the ability of senior citizens to access pensions, healthcare, employment and further education.
The front page of two of the three English-language newspapers here cover the report released by the UK Cabinet Office warning that expatriates would lose "a range of specific rights to live, to work and to access pensions, healthcare and public services that are only guaranteed because of EU law".
Although social grants provide important income for many female-headed households, they are often insufficient to cover even the basic needs, especially for younger heads who cannot access pensions.
The prime minister also highlighted his party's plans – announced in the 2014 budget – to remove all restrictions on how new pensioners access their pension pots.
This would give people "more power to save, to access their pension, to pass their pension on to their children".
David Cameron says he wants the "country's leading expert" on these issues to be at the heart of government, helping give people "more power to save, to access their pension, to pass their pension on to their children".
Pension liberation schemes encourage people to access their pension savings before the age of 55, but tax charges and fees often slash the eventual payout.
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