Law and Regulation

The government has confirmed it will consult on proposals to make the process of automatic enrolment simpler.

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill will not require schemes to provide same-sex spouses with the same survivor benefits as heterosexual married couples.

Government should lift restrictions on the National Employment and Savings Trust's annual contributions and transfer terms "as a matter of urgency", the Work and Pensions Committee has said.

Regulators have joined forces to raise awareness of pension liberation "predators" who target cash-strapped workers promising to release their pension as a loan or lump sum.

Three-quarters of judges will not face cuts to their pensions, the government said yesterday, as it backtracked on plans to include judges in the Civil Service pension scheme.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has said inflation may remain above the 2% target for the next two years, in part due to sterling weakness.

The GMB has branded claims public sector pension schemes will cost the taxpayer an extra £9bn as "completely bonkers".

The UK has spent too long developing layers of ineffective and frustrating regulation in its financial services sector, John Kay says.

Public sector pensions will cost taxpayers an additional £9bn a year due to a ‘toxic' combination of the Public Service Pensions Bill and state pension reform, a Centre for Policy Studies paper shows.

Mark Smith analyses the decision over limitations on the Ombudsman’s powers