Treasury

The Pension wise website has been launched by the government as part of plans to roll out a guidance guarantee service from April.

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) has warned the public's perception of pensions could be damaged by disappointment in the Budget flexibilities.

The Treasury will make it a criminal offence for fraudsters to masquerade as Pension wise service providers after taking action against a suspected scam site.

Former minister at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Mark Hoban has announced plans to quit parliament from May.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are likely to reject the Treasury's proposal to give members direct access to the Budget freedoms, Barnett Waddingham says.

Detail in HM Treasury's Autumn Statement has spelled uncertainty for the future of claiming tax relief under salary sacrifice regimes.

Increases in employer contributions to public sector schemes will net central government £335m a year, rising to £390m by 2020, according HM Treasury.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expects the guidance guarantee to "help people understand the questions they should be asking", not offer choices for them, director of policy David Geale has told MPs.

Michael Klimes looks at what must be done to to get the service up and running by April 2015

The industry wants government departments to work together more closely to avoid undermining the pension system through inconsistent policies.