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Five stories you may have missed this week
Five stories you may have missed this week

This week's top stories include Amber Rudd remaining as work and pensions secretary, and the regulator carrying out seven criminal investigations into potential scams.

  • Industry
  • 26 July 2019
Bosses who play 'fast and loose' with pensions face seven years in prison
Bosses who play 'fast and loose' with pensions face seven years in prison

Company directors who deliberately or recklessly put their workers' pension funds at risk face seven years in prison under plans to crack down on "acts of astonishing arrogance and abandon".

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 February 2019
Amber Rudd 'must fix broken' DB transfer market
Amber Rudd 'must fix broken' DB transfer market

Stephen Lloyd MP has called on the secretary of state for work and pensions to investigate the pensions transfer market and ban contingent charging.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 09 January 2019
Updated: Amber Rudd named work and pensions secretary
Updated: Amber Rudd named work and pensions secretary

Former home secretary Amber Rudd is to return to the cabinet as work and pensions secretary after the resignation of Esther McVey.

  • Appointments
  • 16 November 2018
TPR and PLSA reveal AE contribution hike has had minimal impact on opt-outs
TPR and PLSA reveal AE contribution hike has had minimal impact on opt-outs

The increase in minimum auto-enrolment (AE) contributions has had little impact on opt-out rates - with cessations after April increasing by less than two percentage points, data from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) shows.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 15 October 2018
Esther McVey: Dashboard will 'build on' DWP's state pension tool
Esther McVey: Dashboard will 'build on' DWP's state pension tool

Esther McVey has reiterated the government's support for an industry-led pensions dashboard as she praised the success of auto-enrolment (AE).

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  • 01 October 2018
AMNT: An open letter to Esther McVey
AMNT: An open letter to Esther McVey

David Weeks calls on the secretary of state for work and pensions to meet with the AMNT to explore the long-term direction for pensions

  • Industry
  • 10 August 2018
TPR's new white paper powers could apply to Carillion retrospectively, says McVey
TPR's new white paper powers could apply to Carillion retrospectively, says McVey

The secretary of state for work and pensions has told MPs clawback and avoidance measures could be imposed for the people responsible for driving Carillion over the cliff.

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  • 23 March 2018
May commissions taskforce to 'unlock capital to boost impact investment'
May commissions taskforce to 'unlock capital to boost impact investment'

An industry taskforce aimed at boosting innovation in the finance industry to enhance the profitability of social impact investment has been commissioned by the prime minister.

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  • 13 March 2018
The [pension] politician's fallacy
The [pension] politician's fallacy

"We must do something, this is something, therefore we must do this," is the politician's fallacy famously expounded by Sir Humphrey Appleby in the BBC sitcom Yes, Prime Minister.

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  • 30 January 2018
David Gauke leaves DWP for Ministry of Justice
David Gauke leaves DWP for Ministry of Justice

David Gauke has been moved from the DWP to the Ministry of Justice as part of Theresa May's 2018 reshuffle.

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  • 08 January 2018
Nearly four in five workers want AE contributions to rise
Nearly four in five workers want AE contributions to rise

Over 80% of workers who qualify for automatic enrolment (AE) believe a workplace pension is good for them, a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) survey has revealed.

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  • 15 August 2017
Landmark LGPS case raises questions over central government powers
Landmark LGPS case raises questions over central government powers

The government suffered a major High Court defeat after guidance forcing the LGPS to invest in line with UK foreign policy was deemed unlawful. Stephanie Baxter finds it could have far-reaching consequences.

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  • 26 June 2017
Industry welcomes new minister but says a number of policy issues must be sorted out
Industry welcomes new minister but says a number of policy issues must be sorted out

Guy Opperman's appointment as minister for pensions and financial inclusion has been received positively, but experts say he must tackle a number of outstanding policy issues.

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  • 19 June 2017

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