Steve Webb

The Work and Pensions Committee has demanded the government bans member-borne consultancy charges on workplace pensions "without delay".

The Department for Work and Pensions has been criticised over its plan to ban short service refunds before putting in place an automatic transfer system.

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it will create an ‘automatic transfer' system for small pots of less than £10,000, allowing workers to take their pensions with them from job to job.

Businesses which do not tap into Britain's growing older population could suffer skills shortages and lose an important competitive edge, according to a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) guide.

Consumer group Which? has called on the government to ban consultancy charging entirely from auto-enrolment pension schemes to give savers a 'fair deal'.

Nearly a quarter of adults (23%) in the UK have lost track of at least one pension pot according to research from charity Age UK.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has urged the European Commission to scrap its Solvency II-style proposals for pensions after official figures estimated they would cost UK schemes £450bn.

Henry Tapper on the DWP's invitation to actuaries to create a DA system

The Pensions Regulator chief executive Bill Galvin has announced his departure from the watchdog.

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on its proposals to improve auto-enrolment, including simplifying eligibility and potential exemptions for defined benefit schemes from qualification requirements.