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The main parties may find it hard to agree on pensions policies including NEST, tax relief, early access to pensions savings and deregulation of DB schemes.

Nigel Waterson, the Tory pensions spokesman, has lost the Eastbourne seat he has held for 18 years to the Liberal Democrats.

Britain has its first hung parliament in decades with the Conservatives the largest party.

With the date of the election finally announced, Laura Blows summarises the pension policies of the three main political parties

The development of the fixed-term annuity market has done much to offer a half-way option between the security of lifetime annuities and the flexibility of income drawdown. Helen Morrissey assesses the prospects for this market

News flash for Britain's youth - some day you're going to be old. Laura Blows examines the country's poor views on saving and how auto-enrolment may change this attitude

The PP Pensions Commission was charged with formulating a range of simple, low-cost policies the next government should look to implement as soon as it assumes power in a bid to improve pensions provision.

Company executives should only get tax relief on contributions should they offer similar levels of benefits to all employees, PP Pensions Commissioners say.

The next government should form a steering group to set out the terms for a permanent Pensions Commission, a PP panel of experts says.

Friends Provident's group pensions sales were down in Q1 but there was a stronger showing for annuities and its international business.