Law and Regulation

The Pension Protection Fund has completed the sale of its stake in Harworth Estates, the property group split from UK Coal.

So Budget day was another busy day for the PP team with further cuts to the lifetime allowance and plans for a secondary annuity market unveiled.

Malcolm McLean says the Budget shows short-term politics trump long-term concerns

PP looks at the main pensions measures announced in the Budget

The big news in UK pensions this week was the Budget. If you've managed to avoid hearing about it, or were just waiting for PP's edited highlights, here's what you might have missed.

Just three out of ten pension professionals support plans to let pensioners cash in their annuities according to research by PP.

Robin Ellison says regulators are good at grandstanding but bad at protecting savers

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has slapped a £20m interim levy on life and pensions intermediaries as it deals with "bad" self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice.

DB members get far more pension for their tax than DC members

The next government could save £835m in 2016-17 from pension changes announced in today's Budget according to HM Treasury.