mid-life MOT

The majority of schemes have claimed political and economic uncertainty has led them to disregard contingency planning for the range of potential Brexit outcomes.

Employees will be like “rabbits in the headlights” if they are awakened to their low levels of saving too late in their working lives, it has been warned.

The Centre for Social Justice has proposed raising the state pension age to 75 by 2035, despite a slowdown in mortality improvements. Holly Roach reports

It would be inappropriate to name and shame schemes which do not sign up to the Star Initiative, a majority of Pensions Buzz respondents said in backlash to comments made by the pensions minister.

Mid-life support for employees can be a win-win scenario for both employees and employers, according to the Centre for Ageing Better.

Mid-life MOTs are in danger of "missing those most in need of support", the government has been warned following a review of intergenerational fairness.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a website dedicated to signposting people to where they can receive guidance typically associated with a so-called 'mid-life MOT'.

A handful of industry heavyweights have begun trialling a so-called 'mid-life MOT', with positive initial results reported by all those involved.

The Work and Pensions Committee has called for the government to introduce an auto-drawdown option while allowing NEST to offer decumulation products, James Phillips reports