NEST

The main parties may find it hard to agree on pensions policies including NEST, tax relief, early access to pensions savings and deregulation of DB schemes.

Re-linking pensions with earnings will not profit retirees as much as knowledge of the open market option (OMO), says Hargreaves Lansdown's Tom McPhail.

Maryrose Fison digs into the detail to see how the recent Budget affected pensions

Auto-enrolment is opening up a pensions knowledge gap among employers which the industry should be filling warn IFAs.

The Confederation for British Industry's claim that NEST will be deserted by workers fleeing the 2% charge is "absolute rubbish", Tom McPhail says.

Early entrants to NEST will be worse-off for over a decade unless the next government reforms the fees structure, the Confederation for British Industry (CBI) warns.

The Pensions Regulator should speak out against the "rubbish" 8% minimum auto-enrolment contribution, a consultant says.

Friends Provident is calling on the next government to help build a healthier savings culture in the UK.

Neil Hawkins, national employee communication manager at Friends Provident, gives tips on how employers can successfully get their staff to improve their pensions savings.

A 2% contribution charge levied on members of NEST suggests the FSA's Basic Advice scheme will fail, Sesame says.