Steve Webb

Hannah Brenton on the tension between TPR and DWP

Pensions minister Steve Webb has quashed rumours the government may unfreeze the pension of British expatriates.

The National Association of Pension Funds is to attend individual party conferences this autumn under the banner ‘How to get Britain saving', to ensure pensions remain on the political agenda.

Only one sector of British industry has bucked the trend of declining workplace pension savings, DWP figures reveal.

If the coalition was given a school report on its pensions performance, so far it would be a strong B.

Rachel Dalton looks at the careers of the DWP top team.

Number 10 has announced that secretary for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith will remain in post after the cabinet reshuffle.

Helen Morrissey asks if it is the government’s responsibility to deal with accountancy standards.

Consultants are seeing a surge of interest in incentivised transfer exercises after the publication of a code of practice earlier this summer brought some certainty to the market.

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it will introduce legislation restricting enhanced transfer exercises if a voluntary code to improve deals does not work.