I need cash to move home

RETIRED nurse Doreen Clarke wants to cash in her annuity so she can use the money to help pay her legal fees when she moves home.

Miss Clarke, 68, receives just over £1,000 a year — or £84 a month — from Rothesay Life after retiring nearly 20 years ago.

Her pot was worth £17,890 when she bought the annuity through a financial adviser. Her pension was later transferred to Rothesay Life.

Rothesay has told her that she will r receive a letter by the end of the year if s she is eligible to cash in. But Doreen (pictured, with her dog Poppy) now fears her pot will still be worth more than £10,000 — barring her from taking it as a lump sum.

Yet she says she would take £10,000 f for it — even if it was supposedly worth more. She says: ‘I would be happy to accept virtually anything to get this off my shoulder. I would just like it finished with. We should have the chance, it is our money.’