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Auto-enrolment (AE) has now brought on board its one millionth employer as the flagship programme reaches the end of its phased staging, the government has announced.

The Pensions Policy Institute has published a report looking at potential outcomes of increasing auto-enrollment contributions. Kim Kaveh explores the data.

A bus company and its managing director have been fined more than £60,000 after they admitted trying to avoid providing its employees with a workplace pension.

The trustee of master trust Now Pensions has been fined and given a set of stringent deadlines to fix long-running pension scheme issues, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) announced today.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has begun carrying out spot checks across the East Midlands to make sure employers are complying with their pension duties.

Industry believes regulator should have tighter control over concerning DB transfers to protect scheme members.

Some £5.4bn was put into defined contribution (DC) pension schemes last year - an increase of 21% year on year, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

The government and the industry "need to work in partnership" to enable savers to take control of their future, pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman has said.

There are fears the government's new saving scheme could interfere with auto-enrolment. Kim Kaveh asks if we should be worried.

Respondents say dividend clearance regime for firms with pension deficits is a bad idea.