Politics

The MP Mel Stride has been appointed as the new secretary of state at the Department of Work and Pensions, by Rishi Sunak’s in his first cabinet reshuffle. Stride, the MP for...

Chloe Smith is no longer the Secretary of State at the Department of Work & Pensions. This move comes as the new prime minister Rishi Sunak starts his cabinet reshuffle. Smith, was...

The influential Work and Pensions Select Committee will conduct an inquiry into the use of ‘liability driven investments' (LDIs) in the pension market. It says it wants to understand what lessons can...

Broadstone has become the latest pension consultancy firm to express concern about the new DB funding code, being proposed by the Department of Work & Pensions. In response to the DWP consultation,...

At Prime Minister's Question Time today Liz Truss confirmed that the triple lock on the state pension would remain in place. In a response to a question from the SNP leader in...

Retirees could see their state pensions increased by a record-breaking 10.1 per cent in April, provided the chancellor does not ditch the triple lock for the second year running.  If pensions are...

The triple lock on the state pension could be dropped for the second year running after the new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, refused to commit to increasing this benefit in line with inflation. ...

Hymans Robertson is the latest consultancy firm to criticise draft regulations for defined benefit schemes. It says it is “deeply concerned” about key parts of these proposals, and suggests the Department of...

The Department of Work & Pensions has confirmed that Alex Burghart will be the  new minister for pensions and growth. His official title is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department...

Ten years on from the launch of auto-enrolment and two decades from the Pensions Commission that shaped it, the world of workplace pensions has been transformed. Reducing means testing, raising the state...