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The new ESA statistics are being abused but, says Owain Thomas, they could spur IP sales.

Labour has slammed the coalition government for dithering over plans to introduce a flat rate state pension after it shelved the launch of a consultation last year.

The DWP will look into improving annuity rates for people with pension pots of under £5,000, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

The coalition government's cuts to child benefit for anyone earning over £44,000 is ‘a worry' and answers from the Treasury are ‘not good enough', pensions minister Steve Webb has been caught saying.

In the spirit of the traditional Christmas panto, we have come up with our definitive list of heroes and villains of the pensions world for 2010. Question is: Do you agree with us?

The government has today published details of the changes it intends to introduce to remove the effective requirement to annuities by age 75 from 6 April 2011.

Michael O'Higgins has been named as David Norgrove's replacement as chairman of The Pensions Regulator.

The government can not recover overpayments of social security benefits through the courts where the claimant is not at fault, the country's top court has ruled.

An industry-wide consultation on the RPI to CPI switch for pension schemes will be published tomorrow, Steve Webb says.

Work Capability Assessments (WCA) for those claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are to be made ‘fairer' and ‘more effective' following an independent review.