Steve Webb

The coalition government will scrap the default retirement age "as soon as possible", pensions minister Steve Webb says.

UK - The coalition government will scrap the default retirement age "as soon as possible", pensions minister Steve Webb said.

David Laws was not the only new minister to read a letter from his Labour predecessor as he took office.

The Society of Pension Consultants has urged new pensions minister Steve Webb to make auto-enrolment and NEST his top priorities.

At the beginning of March, Professional Pensions interviewed the then Liberal Democrat pensions spokesman Steve Webb about his party's key pensions policies in the build up to the general election.

Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb has been appointed as pensions minister.

There were mixed fortunes for the pensions spokespeople of the three main political parties at last night's general election.

In a recent news story Lib Dem pensions spokesman Steve Webb described NEST as being "doomed to failure" - do you agree?

Sebastian Cheek previews the March 4 edition of Professional Pensions.

Politicians must be wary of reaching a "cosy consensus" over future pensions policy, Liberal Democrat pensions spokesman Steve Webb warns.