The Chancellor said the phased roll-out of personal accounts was a "necessary choice" to save money.
Everyone earning over £20,000 a year faces a tax rise from 2011.
As many as 150,000 additional people will be caught out by the extension of higher-rate tax relief restrictions.
Follow all the announcements from today's Pre-Budget Report as they happen on PP Online from about 12.30pm.
Occupational pensions sales have taken a nosedive as customers defer their pension contributions, Association of British Insurers statistics show.
Sebastian Cheek speaks to Volkswagen Group pensions manager Roy Platten at this year's PP Show about how the scheme's communications strategy helped it acquire the NAPF Pension Quality Mark
Transferring defined contribution benefits into a buyout policy can potentially reduce the value of scheme assets by millions of pounds, Xafinity warns.
Mark Rowlands has resigned as AXA head of consultant relations.
Joseph Mariathasan explains how following a series of delays, India is set to launch its National Pension Scheme
Professional Pensions, Global Pensions' sister title recently held its annual show in London. Pinsent Masons' partner Robin Ellison grilled pensions minister Angela Eagle on the implementation of personal accounts and automatic enrolment in the UK