Martin Lewis issues advice to anyone who recently got a pay rise at work

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Financial expert Martin Lewis has shared his top pension tips including how you can make the most of a pay rise to boost your retirement funds.

Money Saving Expert (MSE) founder Martin Lewis shares weekly newsletters covering various different money-saving topics. This week's letter was called Martin's 16 Pension Pumpers - all about making your pension go further.

There were many tips and explainers such as consolidating your pension pots, what salary sacrifice means and how much is the "right amount" to save each month.

And one useful tip was about using a pay rise to bump your pension pot. Martin suggests that when you get a pay rise, put a chunk of it away into your pension before you get used to the higher wage.