Law and Regulation

The Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman Tony King has ruled the PPF must reconsider an additional £140,000 levy issued to Ibstock Pension Scheme, after a dispute over erroneous information on a deficit reduction certificate.

MPs may be forced to debate a controversial plan to halt age-related tax allowances, in a move dubbed a ‘granny tax', after an online petition opposing it garnered almost 100,000 signatures.

Providers could save £74.6m a year by communicating all information with members online, under government proposals.

A decarbonisation target should be added to the government's Energy Bill, according to a coalition of investors, trade bodies and charities.

National Employment Savings Trust's annual contribution cap of £4,400 may prevent its target customers from achieving an adequate retirement income, the Pensions Policy Institute has said.

Equality organisations have pledged to support same-sex married couples in challenging unequal treatment by occupational schemes.

State pension changes will work with automatic enrolment rules to ensure it actually 'pays to save' for retirement, the pensions minister has said.

State second pensions or state earnings-related pensions will not protected by the triple lock under the new single-tier system, pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed.

TPR's guide on how to spot a scam

The Pensions Regulator has launched a hard-hitting campaign to illustrate the threat pensions liberation can pose to people's pensions.