DWP drops DB-lite due to lack of employer interest

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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).

In a response to its Reshaping workplace pensions for future generations consultation, the government said proposals for defined contribution (DC) arrangements with greater member certainty and col...

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