Law and Regulation

Jonathan Stapleton asks if tax-relief needs radical reform

Respondents to the government consultation on defined ambition (DA) pensions may have changed their minds on key issues after the changes announced in the Budget, says the Society of Pension Consultants (SPC).

The 2014 Pension Schemes Bill, which will provide the legislative framework for arrangements that share risk between scheme members and sponsors, has been laid before parliament.

Employers showed a "lack of interest" in proposals to give them greater flexibility over defined benefit (DB) schemes, says the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

ShareAction’s Catherine Howarth wants an urgent debate about the decline of member representation

Steve Webb has hit out at Labour's plan to lower the auto-enrolment threshold, saying it would leave low earners with a pension of less than £2 a week at retirement.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has criticised changes to the UK pension system announced in the Budget, according to reports.

Jack Jones looks at the final draft of the TPR’s code of practice on defined benefit regulation

Labour has backed a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) that calls for tax relief on pensions to be slashed by £2bn a year.

Plans to launch a guidance qualification could be "killed dead" if the government either dumbs down its guidance guarantee or insists on offering members regulated advice warns Margaret Snowdon.