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Government plans to hike the income tax threshold to £9,205 could complicate the roll-out of auto-enrolment, experts have warned.

The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has made interim suggestions on simplifying tax for pensioners - and IFAs have many more of their own.

Steve Webb has called for the pensions industry to encourage people to ‘impulse save' alongside the more rigid auto-enrolment framework, to engage with younger generations.

A group of senior politicians and pension providers have called on the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to review the impact the retail distribution review (RDR) will have on pension provision.

That's three occasions now when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has played down the need for advice. What is going on?

Aegon has published a guide to State bereavement payments that will be issued with all death claim packs.

Bereavement benefits need to be altered to better support those who have suffered the death of a loved one, government research has found.

The government faces a few problems in the next 12 months when it comes to its strategy for funding care of the elderly. Peter Barnett outlines the twists and turns.

Grieving clients could be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of state bereavement benefits, RGA has said.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is disbanding an overseas team of pensions officers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Yemen.