Legislation

The restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust may no longer be appropriate, two of its chief officers told MPs.

Mercer has slammed the government for its handling of auto-enrolment, criticising ministers for turning a "deaf ear" to employers needing clarity over the new duties.

Nationalist parties called on the government to "reverse its unfair changes to public sector pensions" in a bad-tempered debate in the House of Commons yesterday.

The groups that failed in a judicial review of the government's indexation switch intend to appeal the decision - a move which will lead to further uncertainty for schemes.

Jack Jones investigates asset-backed contributions

Steve Webb has outlined two "big bang" solutions to the issue of small pot consolidation.

The government's proposed cuts to public sector pensions will not go far enough to plug the schemes' funding gaps, Labour peer Lord Hutton warns.

The small-self administered scheme market will become bogged down with "unsustainable and time-consuming bureaucracy" due to new Pensions Act requirements, a provider says.

Less than a quarter of finance directors are aware of the effect of auto-enrolment on their company pension, according to research.

The delay in auto-enrolment staging dates for smaller firms gives all UK businesses a cut in future payroll costs, a law firm says.