Guy Opperman

Michael Klimes takes a look at what politicians said about pensions at this year's party conferences

Respondents say starting contributions from an earlier age will benefit workers at retirement.

This week we want to know how effective Workie has been in engaging employers with their auto-enrolment duties and will Guy Opperman still be pensions minister at the end of this parliament.

A significant majority (72%) of the public are unaware minimum employee auto-enrolment (AE) contributions could triple from 1% to 3% next April.

Occupational pension scheme membership hit yet another record high in 2016, with more than 39.2 million saving through their workplace, latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveal.

The PLSA's new chief executive Julian Mund speaks to James Phillips about the association's plans for the future and how it will balance competing interests

The government has announced it will press ahead with "tough" measures to protect pension savers as figures reveal almost £5m was lost to scammers between January and May this year.

This week's top stories were a ransomware attack on TPR, and the new pensions minister being urged to tackle outstanding policy issues.

The hung parliament means planned measures to mitigate scams will be kicked down the road, the industry has told PP.

Richard Butcher says the role should be scrapped as pensions are too important to mess with.