Politics

The TUC is calling for the government to delay raising the state pension on the back of new ONS figures showing the widening life expectancy gap between wealthier and more deprived areas....

There has been significant improvement towards gender diversity on the board of financial companies despite the Covid pandemic, with seven out of 10 companies on track, or meeting targets on this issue.  This...

The Department of Work and Pensions has announced that it will shortly begin consulting on plans to introduce simpler annual benefit statements for workplace pensions. This announcement by the pensions minister Guy...

The industry response to the publication of the eagerly anticipated report from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) about how to tackle the small pots problem only served to underline what...

The government will look to create more flexibility for pension schemes to invest in illiquid and infrastructure assets, as part of a Budget pledge to help rebuild a 'greener' economy after the...

The government is due to refund £3bn to women who have been underpaid state pensions according to the latest documents released by the Office of Budget Responsibility. The figures are contained in...

The Chancellor has confirmed that the pension lifetime allowance (LTA) will stay at its current level of £1.073m until 2026. This announcement came, as Rishi Sunak confirmed that a number of tax...

The decision by the Chancellor to extend furlough pay until September is good news for workplace pension and will help protect people’s longer-term savings. The pension industry has welcomed this decision, which...

Pension schemes are being offered a new fund service which allows trustees to set their own voting preferences. This service, launched by AMX and asset manager DWS, in conjunction with Minerva Analytics...

Trustees of larger occupational pensions and authorised schemes could soon be required to calculate and publish their schemes’ carbon footprint under new government proposals. The Department of Work and Pensions is now...