Pensions Minister

Pensions minister Steve Webb has signalled that the government will revisit the issue of risk-sharing as part of its drive to reinvigorate occupational pensions.

The government has reiterated it will not introduce legislation to override pension scheme indexation rules.

Government has compounded the misery for final salary schemes by reducing the contracted-out rebate level, industry figures say.

The government has officially launched a call for evidence to review the regulatory differences between trust-based and contract-based defined contribution schemes.

More than 100 British veterans living abroad have signed a petition against their pensions being frozen and some are threatening to hand back their medals in protest.

Investment disclosure guidelines need greater clarity to help people make more informed choices about their pensions, Steve Webb says.

The National Association of Pension Funds has highlighted trustee fears of unlimited fines or two years in prison for breaching new rules aimed at limiting investment in sponsoring employers.

The government is proposing to scrap the default retirement age of 65 by October next year, it today confirmed.

The independent panel of experts tasked with assessing the viability of auto-enrolment and NEST has finished a run of seminars with stakeholders.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has made a written statement to parliament clarifying the government's proposals to index private sector pension increases to CPI rather than RPI.