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The main parties may find it hard to agree on pensions policies including NEST, tax relief, early access to pensions savings and deregulation of DB schemes.

Nigel Waterson, the Tory pensions minister, has lost the Eastbourne seat he has held for 18 years to the Liberal Democrats.

We received too many responses to this month's Big Question to print them all in the magazine. Here as promised are the remaining responses.

Election fever is certainly gripping the nation and with the televised leader debates in full swing surely nobody can claim that they haven't seen or heard enough from any of our three main political parties.

The Finance Act 2010 was rushed through, before parliament was dissolved ahead of the general election. The new act includes clauses about extending the special allowance charge on pension contributions. Jeremy Pearson explains

More than half of UK adults are creating secondary pensions savings and investments, as inadequate retirement pots create fear about living longer on less, Prudential research suggests.

Re-linking pensions with earnings will not profit retirees as much as knowledge of the open market option (OMO), says Hargreaves Lansdown's Tom McPhail.

More than a quarter of providers believe they have no duty to tell customers about their retirement options, because the sole responsibility rests with advisers, research suggests.

Aston Goodey discusses the alternatives to income drawdown

The chief executives of 2plan Wealth Management and Tenet Group are among the senior figures at five major financial advice firms to attack the Liberal Democrats' pension plans.