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Barnett Waddingham and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA) have partnered to provide support and training for pension board members in the local government pension scheme (LGPS).

On 29 July Professional Pensions held a webinar on the recent transitional changes to pension input periods.

Barnett Waddingham's Steve Elliott says staging 500,000 more firms than planned for will throw up some challengers for the industry

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says 500,000 more small and micro employers than previously estimated will have to comply with auto-enrolment (AE) duties over the next three years.

The government has published a 26-point fact sheet outlining the transitional arrangements for people who have been contracted-out in the past.

Industry figures have warned the green paper on pensions tax relief published last week is "not a genuine consultation" as the government has already decided on the outcome.

HMRC has announced transitional arrangements to align pension input periods with tax years