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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Mark Boyle as chairman from 1 April for a four-year term, replacing Michael O'Higgins, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Employers inheriting staff on transfer will be able to pay pension contributions at the former company's auto-enrolment (AE) rate, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Trustees' knowledge of auto-enrolment (AE) has "remained largely unchanged" between spring and autumn 2013, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) says.

More than a third (34%) of firms have seen absence rates improve over the last 12 months, research from group risk trade body Grid shows.

The Bank of England (BOE) has announced the appointment of Ben Broadbent as deputy governor for monetary policy, responsible for chairing meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in the governor's absence.

The Childcare Voucher Providers Association (CVPA) has slammed the government's proposals for operating its new tax-free childcare which would effectively close the whole industry within a few years.

Working mothers are not entitled to paid maternity leave if they are receiving a baby through surrogacy under European law, however individual states may go further, a court rules.

The government has confirmed that the existing employer-supported childcare scheme will be phased out once its new tax-free childcare package has been introduced next year.

The government has raised the limit on childcare support to 20% of costs up to £10,000 per year for each child - the equivalent of £2,000 of support per child per year.

Progress on the annuities market, charges and defined ambition (DA) may have "stalled", the Work and Pensions Select Committee says.