Law and Regulation

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for benefits such as free television licences, winter fuel payments and bus passes to be taken away from wealthy pensioners.

Controversial plans for a ‘pensions for mortgages' scheme could be in place by Easter, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has called on the UK pensions industry to throw its weight behind his campaign against Solvency II and the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision directive.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed the government will consider allowing parents and grandparents to use the value of their pensions to help their children buy houses.

Auto-enrolment could increase employers' payroll costs by 10% according to research from Eversheds.

A universal flat-rate state pension will be delivered early next parliament but concerns over the transition of benefits are still being ironed out, Steve Webb has said.

The government is considering a separate regulatory regime for defined ambition schemes, Steve Webb has said.

Industry bodies have provided the Department for Work and Pensions with a list of hurdles to the pot-follows-member system of automatic transfers for small pensions.

A "somewhat surprising" intervention by the European Commission has made it unlikely pension funds will be successful in the Wheels VAT case, experts argue.

The Pension Protection Fund levy and discount rates used to calculate scheme liabilities are under review, pensions minister Steve Webb has revealed.