Steve Webb

The government will break its promise to "triple lock" the amount by which the state pension is adjusted for inflation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) has said.

The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) will stage a protest in Westminster this week to demand an increase in the basic state pension.

Legislation capping pension charges for workers who have built up pension rights but switched jobs has been announced by pensions minister Steve Webb.

Gregg McClymont, MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, is the new shadow pensions minister.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will this autumn propose reforms to the system of transferring small pension pots.

The Pensions Bill will have its third reading in the House of Commons on 18 October.

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The pensions minister this weekend showed he is no fool when it comes to political posturing.

The government may bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 as part of radical plans designed to prolong the working life of millions, according to reports over the weekend.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the government will revisit the issue of risk-sharing as part of its drive to reinvigorate occupational pensions.