Pensions Bill

The government will today publish a call for evidence into quality standards in workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes.

The Green Party has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill that would grant civil partners the same right as married couples to survivors' pensions.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has launched its latest Pension trends survey, which will gather information and opinions on auto-enrolment and the Pensions Bill.

Labour has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill which would give The Pensions Regulator (TPR) the power to force trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes to merge.

The government has added a clause to the Pensions Bill that could exempt companies from having to auto-enrol staff who would not benefit from being put into a scheme.

The draft Pensions Bill does not do enough to protect consumers from obtuse and excessive charges, a Conservative MP claims.

Jack Jones says the regulator has got it right

The move to ban consultancy charging is "less dramatic than it sounds" as most of the charges that can end up with the employer's adviser remain unaffected, according to a consultant.

The government will be given the power to ban incentivised transfer exercises under the Pensions Bill published today.

The government has set out the exact phrasing of The Pensions Regulator's new employer growth objective.