Last week pensions minister Steve Webb announced the DWP is to launch a consultation on simplifying the rules around auto-enrolment.
State pension changes will work with automatic enrolment rules to ensure it actually 'pays to save' for retirement, the pensions minister has said.
State second pensions or state earnings-related pensions will not protected by the triple lock under the new single-tier system, pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed.
Increasing contributions above the minimum level for auto-enrolment is not a priority at present, says pensions minster Steve Webb
The government has delayed plans to force schemes to equalise guaranteed minimum pensions until Spring 2014, pensions minister Steve Webb told lawyers last week.
The government has confirmed it will consult on proposals to make the process of automatic enrolment simpler.
It's been around a year since pensions minister Steve Webb first touted the idea of defined ambition and around two months since the DWP published its (somewhat wavy) DB-lite and DC-plus options, but it's all gone a bit quiet since.
The government is considering relaxing a black-and-white definition of "money purchase" to avoid shifting the goalposts on defined contribution schemes with guarantees, according to experts.