Regulation

Seven out of 10 people accessing their retirement savings are under the age of 65 — raising questions about whether they are accessing these funds too early.  This latest data from the Department...

The Bank of England has voted to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 4 per cent — a move widely anticipated by the market.  The BoE monetary committee voted 5...

The Government has closed its consultation on changes designed to reduce the gender pension gap on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales.  These “access and fairness” changes have...

The Pensions Administration Standards Association (Pasa) has produced new guidance for trustees on improving data security and governance.  This latest guidance is designed to offer practical advice and covers a range of...

The number of employees saving into a workplace pension increased last year according to new government figures, with the frozen earnings trigger bringing more workers into the AE net. However, the data...

HMRC repaid £48.7m in tax wrongly taken on pension withdrawals in the second quarter of 2025 — despite introducing new systems to address this problem. These overpayments related to more than 12,000...

The Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed Liam Coleman to be its appointed chair. Coleman will take up the role on 10 October 2025. The FCA and the Financial Ombudsman are currently seeking to...

Death-in-service benefits from a registered scheme will be excluded from inheritance tax when the government brings pensions into the IHT net in 2027. This was confirmed in details published yesterday, setting out...

Barnett Waddingham has submitted the first actuarial valuation under the new regulatory regime for DB schemes.  The consultantcy completed the assessment for The Pension and Life Assurance Plan of the Royal Society,...

In winning 65 seats in the Durham County Council’s May local elections, Reform party leader Nigel Farage warned government workers that “anybody who’s working on climate change initiatives or diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)… I...