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Only 5% of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) benefit recipients move back into work although the threat of sanctions is working, according to a government report.

With radical pension change less than a year away, Julian Webb, head of platform sales and DC business at Fidelity International, looks at the implications for advisers.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued non-regulatory guidance on offering a default fund for auto-enrolment defined contribution schemes.

The Treasury will not allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to alter the proposals for raising the state pension age (SPA), a pensions lawyer said.

The DWP has launched one last consultation on auto-enrolment before the pensions bill becomes law.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has defended the green paper on simplifying the state pension, saying the proposals would provide better outcomes for women.

Six public sector organisations have applied for a High Court judicial review of the government's decision to link increases in public sector pensions to the consumer prices index (CPI).

Jonathon Howard, head of corporate clients at Courtiers Investment Services, discusses the implications of the recent green paper for State Pension reform.

Doctors have branded fit notes a success in helping people return to work but believe it has not improved advice to patients and that more local services are needed to support returning to work.

Disabled people receiving the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be subject to regular reassessments and the majority of cases will be fixed-term payments.