Steve Webb

UK - Employers will be allowed three months' grace before auto-enrolling staff into a pension scheme, the Department for Work and Pensions says.

Employers will be allowed three months' grace before auto-enrolling staff into a pension scheme, the Department for Work and Pensions says.

UK - Pensions minister Steve Webb has admitted as many as one million additional people would be excluded from automatic enrolment should be the qualifying level of earnings be raised to £7,000.

UK - Coalition plans to introduce a universal state pension of £140 a week need serious investigation to assess whether they are fair and affordable, the Labour Party warns.

Coalition plans to introduce a universal state pension of £140 a week need serious investigation to assess whether they are fair and affordable, the Labour Party warns.

The findings of the independent review into the operation of auto-enrolment will be released next week, pensions minister Steve Webb confirms.

UK - Trustees now have a further five years to act on legal requirements under section 251 of the Pensions Act 2004, the department for work and pensions confirms.

Trustees now have a further five years to act on legal requirements under section 251 of the Pensions Act 2004, the department for work and pensions confirms.

The industry "won't be in suspense much longer" over NEST, Steve Webb told delegates.

Three defined contribution schemes have received the NAPF's Pension Quality Mark PLUS award for providing "outstanding" defined contribution schemes to their employees.