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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will review the Pension Protection Fund (PPF)compensation cap over fears long-serving workers are receiving "penal" treatment.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Do you agree with the DWP figures that 70% of those being auto-enrolled will remain in a pension scheme?

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Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is considering imposing penalties on employers who do not choose auto-enrolment schemes deemed of a high enough standard.

Steve Webb has written to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) demanding evidence that consultancy charges levied on pension scheme members are value for money.

A clear majority of people will remain in a workplace pension once auto-enrolled, a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) survey has found.

Higher rate tax relief on pensions is "costly and ineffective" and should be scrapped, a think thank has warned.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has set out its proposals for the design of pensions minister Steve Webb's flagship defined ambition (DA) pension system.

The government can lift the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) without "offending" European Union (EU) state aid rules, the shadow pensions minister has claimed.

Restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) could be lifted after the government issued a call for evidence on the impact of the constraints.