Red Tape Challenge Spotlight: Section 67

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The government launched a public consultation on simplifying pension regulation as part of its wider Red Tape Challenge in April.

It is 17 years since Section 67 was introduced through the Pensions Act 1995, at the time described by William Hague MP as "putting on a statutory basis what has been understood to be the present p...

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