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

The number of people saving through a workplace pension scheme has dropped 15% since 2007, with just a quarter of workers actively saving for retirement.

Actions not words are needed to end the "rip-offs" in private pensions, Labour's shadow pensions minister has said.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has announced a clampdown on unfair pension fees which have 'torn the heart' out of savers' retirement funds.

Workers risk missing out on essential financial advice if Steve Webb's small pot pension plan goes ahead, Aegon has warned.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Consumer groups have voiced concerns about DWP's small pot plan. Is a pot-follows-worker approach the best way forward?

Consumer groups are "extremely concerned" about the government's decision to pursue a pot-follows-worker approach to pension consolidation.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed the white paper on significant state pension reform will now not be released until the autumn.

Joint life annuities still have a role to play if we consider "individual circumstances" according to pension experts.

Impaired life annuities could offset ‘unfair' rises in state pension age for groups with lower life expectancy, the pension minister has said.