The Work and Pensions Committee will examine the impact of pension freedoms, with the initial focus of its inquiry looking at whether savers are adequately protected from pension scams. This is the...
A strong faith in nudge and a deep focus on conflicts of interest are the two themes that emerge when talking to Baroness Jeannie Drake, the Labour peer who was one of the original...
The Government has launched a consultation into the net pay anomaly, following a critical report by the Public Affairs Committee earlier this week on pensions tax relief administration. As part of this...
The Pension Schemes Bill has been approved in the House of Lords and will be taken through the House of Commons later this year. There are a number of proposals in this...
The Public Accounts Committee has called for a review of pension tax relief, to ensure it is effective and providing value for money. This is part of a wider review into tax...
Older homeowners released £1.42bn of property wealth in the first half of 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic hitting sales of equity release schemes. The latest figures from Key’s Equity Release Market Monitor...
He’s arguably the most influential pensions opinion-former, lobbyist and commentator of the last two decades. He’s been on text or direct message terms with virtually every pensions minister this century. His contact book...
Insurers have given a cautious welcome to calls to simplify pensions tax relief but have warned a “pensions Isa” could undermine the success of auto-enrolment. Yesterday the ABI called for the government...
The number of Covid-19 scams is rising, with losses arising from these frauds now topping £5m. The latest figures from Action Fraud show that there have been over 2,000 cases reported since...
Reports of the death of pensions tax relief have, like Mark Twain nearly wrote, been much exaggerated. I’m more guilty than most, given I’ve written a lot of those reports, inevitably on...
