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This week's top stories include BT seeking to switch indexation for the final section of its scheme, and Labour calling for collective defined contribution schemes.

The government's white paper on defined benefit (DB) sustainability may include a heavy focus on scheme consolidation, benefit simplification and The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) powers, a senior civil servant has hinted.

Only 9% of baby boomers were approached by their provider to update their retirement age, Dunstan Thomas research has found.

Just over 50% of 18-34 year olds are not actively encouraged to save into a pension by their employer, according to exclusive Aegon research.

Exactly half of The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) permanent senior leadership team received a bonus in the 2016/17 year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reveals.

Occupational pension scheme membership hit yet another record high in 2016, with more than 39.2 million saving through their workplace, latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveal.

Respondents criticised the party's pledge to allow women born in the 1950s to access the state pension early.

Names six members of new committee

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will seek to collect £550m in levies from the industry in the 2018/19 tax year, it has announced, down more than 10% from 2017/18.

PP asks four independent trustees about the progress their schemes are making on de-risking, the bars to risk reduction and future trends.