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The government should consider scrapping the state pension to avoid national debt reaching unmanageable levels, argues a think tank.

The majority of defined contribution (DC) savers do not know how they will use their pension pot and only have a vague idea when they will retire, according to research.

Three employers have been issued fixed penalties of £400 in The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) first use of fines for failures related to auto-enrolment (AE).

A quarter of British small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) 23% do not have an absence management system in place, research from Jelf Employee Benefits has found.

HM Treasury could land a healthy windfall of £1.6bn as up to 200,000 people are expected to cash in the pension pots in April, according to research.

EU policymakers have stopped describing schemes as "financial institutions" and left more powers with member states in the latest draft of its Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions (IORP II) directive.

The investment industry must work harder to realise the recommendations made in the Kay Review, the government says.

The Pensions Trust (TPT) has launched a service to help employers deal with legacy arrangements arising from defined benefit schemes (DB).

Local authorities are spending less than 4% of their total physical health budgets on supporting and promoting mental health.

Sports Direct will be forced to publish clear written policies of what its 20,000 zero-hours workers are entitled to, after reaching a legal settlement with a former worker.