NEST

The summer review of NEST could see the introduction of a minimum number of employees needed to trigger auto-enrolment, Hewitt Associates says.

The government has announced it will undertake an independent review of auto-enrolment.

The collective intake of breath has been almost audible as the pain of public sector belt tightening begins to seep through the economy. Some £6.25bn of initial cuts - £500m of which was reinvested - have been swiftly followed by £2bn in project cancellations....

Straight-through processing should be made the industry standard for defined contribution investment transactions, Fidelity says.

A group of consumers has warned the department for work and pensions a "too broad" review of the 2012 reforms would compromise the "hard-won consensus" on auto-enrolment.

The industry has unanimously backed George Osborne's emergency Budget promise to investigate alternatives to the introduction of pension tax relief restrictions for high earners.

Legacy Labour proposals for auto-enrolment and NEST will be stripped bare to determine potential cost savings, Lord Freud says.

UK - The coalition government will take a "long hard look" at auto-enrolment and the delivery of NEST before deciding on its future, Steve Webb said.

The coalition government will take a "long hard look" at auto-enrolment and the delivery of NEST before deciding on its future, Steve Webb says.

As details of NEST emerge, LAURA BLOWS questions whether it is looking likely to provide a decent pension pot for low to mid-earners