DWP gives go-ahead for gradual roll-out of industry-funded dashboard

Study nine months late

Kim Kaveh
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published the pensions dashboard feasibility study, nine months after it was originally due.

The report, unveiled today (3 December), forms the starting point for consultation on a range of matters including delivery models and governance. It follows months of uncertainty on dashboard delivery, and concerns that the government seemed to be stepping back from the project, which is due to launch next year. The document said the DWP will begin with a non-commercial, single dashboard, facilitated by the soon-to-be-launched Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB). It added it will move to a multi-dashboard approach over time, but that the SFGB option would always be available. The p...

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