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The government is to consult employers on the use of salary sacrifice schemes and "remains concerned about the growth" of such schemes.

The government has published criteria and guidance for pooling the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) into six "British wealth funds" worth at least £25bn each.

The chancellor has cut eligibility for free childcare and tax-free childcare to families earning less than £100,000 and parents working more than 16 hours a week.

Large employers face an additional payroll tax of 0.5% to fund the chancellor's apprenticeship programme.

The government is to consult employers on the use of salary sacrifice schemes and "remains concerned about the growth" of such schemes.

PP's quick fire guide to what the Autumn Statement means for pensions.

Planned increases to minimum auto-enrolment contributions will be delayed to align them with the start of the tax year, the government has revealed.

Mental health services are to receive an additional £600m in state funding in a drive by the government for more people to have access by 2020.

That flat-rate state pension will start at £155.65 a week, George Osborne has revealed.

Former pensions minister Steve Webb unearths archived 2004 research