Full-scale compulsion would be too unpopular

The Government is unlikely to introduce compulsion on stakeholder, according to Stewart Ritchie, pensions development director at Scottish Equitable. He predicted that effective compulsion will be introduced by stealth, by putting the burden of any additional compulsion on employers, albeit with the cost of that eventually being passed on in practice to employees. Ritchie said: "Jeff Rooker, pensions minister, has said that if stakeholders are not a success on a voluntary basis, then he would consider making them compulsory. " I believe if it comes to that, the Government won't want to m...