Steve Webb

Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the government does not want small employers to seek independent financial advice on auto-enrolment.

The revised timetable of staging dates for auto-enrolment has been released by the Department for Work and Pensions.

The Department for Work and Pensions is to hold a "red tape challenge" in a bid to deregulate and help reinvigorate occupational schemes.

Here it is. Your chance to tell pensions minister Steve Webb what regulations you think should be scrapped as part of his "red tape challenge" to reinvigorate occupational pensions.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the government is "absolutely prepared" to cap private pension fund management charges if they hinder saving.

The Department for Work and Pensions will run a series of adverts for auto-enrolment at a cost of £11m.

Michael Bow investigates how auto-enrolment has worked elsewhere

Deregulation takes a tentative step forward, says Jonathan Stapleton

Guaranteeing indexation has increased the cost of providing defined benefit pensions by 12% over the past 20 years, according to Pension Corporation research.

The government is considering scrapping indexation for defined benefit pension schemes as part of its promise to reinvigorate occupational pensions, the pensions minister confirms.