Steve Webb

Small to micro employers will be given a "significant easement" of £1.7bn in the roll-out of auto-enrolment, under government plans to delay both staging and contribution rates.

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

Lord Turner, Mark Hoban and Steve Webb have rebuffed complaints from a group of senior politicians about the adverse effects they claim the retail distribution review (RDR) will have on pension provision.

The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has made interim suggestions on simplifying tax for pensioners - and IFAs have many more of their own.

Steve Webb has called for the pensions industry to encourage people to ‘impulse save' alongside the more rigid auto-enrolment framework, to engage with younger generations.

That's three occasions now when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has played down the need for advice. What is going on?

The government is considering building regulated advice into its proposed system to aggregate small pension pots.

The government has proposed to exempt employees who work both in the UK and European Economic Area (EEA) member states from auto-enrolment.

Andy Zanelli asks whether the deadline for fixed protection needs to be amended

Pensions minister Steve Webb has revealed the government will consult this year on how to create a "third option" for pensions beyond defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) structures.