DWP

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.

MPs have called on the government to take action over Nationwide's planned closure of all its inner southeast London branches.

The anticipated £140 flat-rate state pension will be equivalent to a private pension pot of £217,000, MetLife says.