Steve Webb

Pensions minister Steve Webb has given the clearest indication yet of the make-up of the government's retirement ‘guidance guarantee', which will include a clear "hand off" to full advice for those who need it.

The government expects flexible working to become the norm within UK workplaces, rather than the exception.

The government's new older workers' champion has floated the idea that employees in their 50s should be able to take gap years and then return to the workforce.

Ros Altmann is taking on the government's new role as business champion for older workers.

Regulatory amendments drawn up to protect the benefits of UK workers whose overseas employers go bust have been drawn too narrowly to help in future cases, lawyers warn.

Jack Jones looks at the latest Pensions Bill, published last week

The Liberal Democrat manifesto will commit to making the state pension triple lock law, boosting the benefit by at least £790 a year by 2020, says pensions minister Steve Webb.

David Harker has been appointed chairman of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS).

The 2014 Pension Schemes Bill, which will provide the legislative framework for arrangements that share risk between scheme members and sponsors, has been laid before parliament.

The 2014 Pension Schemes Bill, which will provide the legislative framework for arrangements that share risk between scheme members and sponsors, has been laid before parliament.