Law and Regulation

Retirement guidance still not up to scratch

The government has been urged to axe the state pension triple lock in light of data showing pensioners have higher average income than working age people for the first time.

A ten-foot-tall monster is warning smaller employers not to ignore auto-enrolment in an advertising campaign launched by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today.

The UK pension system has been undermined by the relaxation of at-retirement regulation, according the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index.

An increasing number of firms is leaving it to the very last minute to comply with their auto-enrolment obligations, according to one major provider.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a website to help small employers through the auto-enrolment process.

Former flagship policies are set to sink without a trace

Freedom and choice could become the "next big mis-selling scandal" unless support offered to retirees is improved, warns a powerful group of MPs.

A ministerial statement issued last week put key policies such as pot follows member and collective defined contribution on hold. Helen Morrissey gauges the response.

Concerns are growing about a rise in scams since the launch of pension freedoms six months ago.