Steve Webb

Bosses have an "almost sacred duty" to provide workers with the best possible pension scheme, pensions minister Steve Webb has said.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has pledged to give the raft of legislation working its way through parliament time to bed in, and not introduce any more major reforms.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The abolition of consultancy charging could open up opportunities for advisers according to Scottish Widows chief executive Toby Strauss.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed that an update for the defined ambition (DA) project will be published in the summer.

Pensions minister Steve Webb says current at-retirement processes are outdated and asked whether we need to "do decumulation differently."

Industry figures could not agree on whether the pensions market should move towards offering fewer, large scale products to employers.

The pensions minister has described consultancy charging as "a classic example of how the industry allowed itself to get bad headlines."

MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee have welcomed the government's move to ban consultancy charging on auto-enrolment schemes.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.