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The National Employment Savings Trust is the UK government's solution to the pensions problem, but it has met with some controversy, as Jenna Towler reports

Now the dust has begun to settle on the financial crisis, Laura Blows explores what impact the recession had on employee benefits packages

If the pensions industry wasn't already aware of the dire state of public confidence in UK savings, the National Association of Pension Funds provided shuddering confirmation.

After a slow start, the corporate wrap has finally taken off in the UK. In light of this progress, the panelists discuss the advantages of such a product for both employers and employees.

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: How do you feel the governance of DC schemes can be improved?

The expected charging structure for the National Employment Savings Trust has received a mixed reaction.

The industry has lambasted proposals to restrict higher-rate tax relief for those earning more than £130,000.

Yesterday (March 3), the government closed its consultation on plans to restrict higher-rate tax relief on pension contributions from April 2011.

The time limit on claiming higher rate tax relief on pension allowances is set to be cut from six to four years from April 6, Standard Life warns.

Anti-forestalling regulations are driving high-earning employees in certain sectors to work abroad because they are no longer willing to work in a "tax hostile" environment, a provider says.