Politics

Key pension reforms are likely to be derailed by decision to call a General Election on 4th July.  This is likely to include legislation to extend auto-enrolment to younger and part-time employees,...

The pensions industry has paid tribute to the former Labour minister and cross bench peer Frank Field, whose death was announced today.  Lord Field was a minister in the Department of Work...

The UK’s first disability ambassador, and a veteran of the protection industry, Johnny Timpson has quit his role as a government advisor on dementia in protest at the DWP’s treatment of unpaid...

In spite of major reforms over the past twenty years, the UK’s long-term savings system lacks coherence and strategic purpose, with different elements of the system working against each other. The government...

Pension ‘pots for life’ make as much sense on these shores as they do in other countries, where they are  already up and running. Firstly, the need is clear. New research by...

The Department of Work and Pensions has published a revised timetable of staging dates for connections to the pensions dashboard.  The largest schemes, which includes master trusts with 20,000 or more members...

Rising corporate demand for private health services could see a record 900,000 private admissions in 2024, according to new data.  The number of insured private health admissions increased by 11 per cent...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s long-awaited report into Government handling of increases in women’s State Pension age is finally out. It is damning. It highlights clear failings and indicates that millions of women are...

Corporate Adviser · Episode 1: The Political Road To Pot For Life Welcome to first Corporate Adviser podcast, the first in a series looking at the small pots and pot for life...

Women whose state pension age increased without adequate warning should be compensated by the Government, according to a landmark Ombudsman judgement published today.  The final part of the Parliamentary and Health Services...