Politics

Therese Coffey is the new secretary of state for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), following the resignation by Amber Rudd at the weekend.  Coffey becomes the seventh minister to hold...

The Government has confirmed it will review all public sector pension schemes after a Supreme Court ruling that changes made to the firefighter’s pension in 2015 were discriminatory to younger workers.  Government...

The number of people who opt to defer their state pension has fallen to the lowest level for 20 years, according to new figures from the Department of Work and Pensions. Just...

The House of Lords committee on intergenerational fairness has delivered a series of recommendations, calling for policies to support younger people in the employment and housing markets. This report also called for...

The idea of a Government- sponsored web-based pension planning tool has been around for quite some time. Back in the early noughties Labour’s DWP secretary of state Andrew Smith outlined an online planner,...

The average income received by pensioners fell last year, according to  figures published by the Department of Work and Pensions.  Its retirement income statistics show that the average weekly income for all...

The number of companies disclosing information about their workplace practices — and that of their supply chains — has doubled this year, thanks to co-ordinated action by ShareAction.  Ninety global companies, including...

The Department of Work and Pensions has launched a new online service for consumers looking for a financial healthcheck - or 'mid-life MOT’.  But it is also calling for employers to provide...

 The Government has confirmed it will legislate to introduce collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes.  Minister for pensions and financial inclusion Guy Opperman says he will set out detailed proposals within the...

Since 2015 the Insolvency Service has successfully applied to the courts for 24 companies to be wound up due to ‘pension misuse’. This government agency said more than £202m was invested via these...