department for work and pensions

Pension trustees of Dunnes Stores in Northern Ireland have been stopped from running its defined contribution (DC) scheme by The Pensions Regulator (TPR), following "a catalogue of governance failures".

Mothercare's two schemes gained £1.6m after a pension increase exchange (PIE) exercise, one year after a company voluntary agreement (CVA) stopped the schemes entering the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Guy Opperman is the second-longest serving dedicated junior pensions minister, overtaking Labour's Malcolm Wicks.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spent nearly £800,000 on partnering with Gogglebox to produce a series of adverts to promote the benefits of saving for retirement.

Initial responses to the government's consultation on DC investment innovation reveals a mixed views on a range of its proposals. Kim Kaveh reports.

Debenhams' defined benefit (DB) pension schemes will be "carrying on as usual" despite the department store chain falling into administration, the trustees have confirmed.

The government has set out initial thoughts on the criteria for DB master trusts to be accredited. James Phillips looks at the details

The proportion of pensioner income comprised of occupational pension payments fell over the 2017/18 financial year, government statistics reveal.

Rory Murphy says a bona fide mediation process could provide valuable evidence of reasonableness for trustee and employer alike

A government failure to update equality legislation means schemes offering bridging pensions could fall foul of provisions in the Equality Act 2010 - leaving them reliant on EU law as an interim solution.