Steve Webb

Jonathan Stapleton questions the direction of pensions policy

The Prime Minister has, according to reports, put the brakes on the plans for the new state pension just at the point where we were expecting full details to emerge in a now further delayed White Paper.

Controversial plans for a ‘pensions for mortgages' scheme could be in place by Easter, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has called on the UK pensions industry to throw its weight behind his campaign against Solvency II and the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision directive.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed the government will consider allowing parents and grandparents to use the value of their pensions to help their children buy houses.

Auto-enrolment will bring more than half a million more people into workplace pensions by Christmas, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.

A universal flat-rate state pension will be delivered early next parliament but concerns over the transition of benefits are still being ironed out, Steve Webb has said.

The government is considering a separate regulatory regime for defined ambition schemes, Steve Webb has said.

State pension reform is on the rocks after David Cameron raised concerns the reform would alienate elderly voters.

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that well-known business icons including Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady are among the celebrities to help promote auto-enrolment through an advertising campaign.