Advisers have weighed in on what they think the government's biggest pension policy priorities should be following a four-hour debate on the pensions bill in Parliament last night.
The pensions dashboard - a platform to allow savers to see all their retirement pots in one place - should be the key priority for the government, according to three-quarters (71%) of advisers polled by Standard Life. Auto-enrolment was seen as the next biggest issue by two-fifths (42%) of advisers surveyed. Standard Life head of global policy Jamie Jenkins said the financial advice industry "wants the government to prioritise the timetable and design principles needed to get the [pensions dashboard] project moving in 2020. "The findings are encouraging as the pension bill reaches the...
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