Law and Regulation

PP looks at what the three main parties say about pensions

Chancellor George Osborne will further relax pension rules in his Budget on Wednesday to allow the sale of annuity contracts.

EU Commissioner Lord Jonathan Hill has given reassurance that he will have the last say over controversial EU proposals on scheme funding.

Pensioners who cash in annuities after two or three years could lose half their pot in fees

Increasing pension contributions should be the day one priority of the pensions minister post-election according to Steve Webb.

Top stories this week include trustees banned over an £11m scam, criticism of compliance-focused actuaries and plans to let people cash in annuities. Here's what you might have missed.

The government is consulting on relaxing the employer debt regime that requires firms to pay their portion of any deficit in full when they leave a multi-employer scheme.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has urged the next government to take seven steps to improve retirement incomes

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has called for savers to get early access to some of their pension as part of a seven-point plan to boost retirement incomes.

Controversial proposals to allow existing pensioners to sell their annuities for cash - and insurers to compete for the contracts - are to be discussed by ministers this week ahead of the 18 March Budget, according to reports.