State pension

Consultations should not be just for show

The majority of the industry is behind the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision to put pot follows member on the back burner.

The government has been urged to axe the state pension triple lock in light of data showing pensioners have higher average income than working age people for the first time.

A ministerial statement issued last week put key policies such as pot follows member and collective defined contribution on hold. Helen Morrissey gauges the response.

The implementation of pot follows member has been put on hold according to a ministerial statement issued today.

Professional Pensions readers believe trustees still have a vital role to play in the pension sector, research finds.

Pensions Minister Baroness Altmann has said she looked into helping women affected by having the start date of their state pension put back twice, but could not find a way to do so.

The pensions minister has unveiled a major communications drive to broaden the public's understanding of the state pension to be introduced next April.

Proposals from Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn to let some workers retire earlier could double the cost of providing them with a state pension, warns Hargreaves Lansdown.

The state pension age is set to rise much more quickly than anticipated warns Malcolm McLean, as statistics show life expectancy has increased rapidly over the last century.