Unfinished business - Webb's vision for pension reform

Helen Morrissey
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With just months to go before the general election pensions minister Steve Webb shows no sign of slowing down. Helen Morrissey spoke to him about his plans for the future.

The pensions industry has gone through plenty of changes in the four-and-a-half years since the coalition government came to power. But it would seem that pensions minister Steve Webb is not finished yet. Speaking at the NAPF Annual Conference in Liverpool, he outlined a programme of reform and ideas that in effect runs way past next year's general election. Such an idea is hardly music to the ears of an industry already struggling to cope with an onslaught of change. Webb responded to industry pleas for more information on how to implement the flexibilities announced in the Budget du...

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