Steve Webb

Michael O'Higgins has been named as David Norgrove's replacement as chairman of The Pensions Regulator.

Steve Webb has said the government will not give private sector pension schemes the power to override scheme rules to shift from RPI to CPI indexation.

Pensions minister Steve Webb will today launch a consultation on whether the government should allow scheme trustees to switch the indexation of pension schemes from RPI to the traditionally lower measure of CPI.

An industry-wide consultation on the RPI to CPI switch for pension schemes will be published tomorrow, Steve Webb says.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has been forced to explain how he assessed housing costs for pensioners when deciding to switch pension indexation from the RPI to CPI.

Pension reform is continuing at a relentless pace but can the industry keep up? Helen Morrissey reports

The switch from RPI to CPI for pensions indexation will give members a lower outcome over the long term but gives better consistency, Steve Webb says.

Labour shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves explains to Sebastian Cheek why the government's indexation switch needs further thought.

IFAs need to talk about pensions to make them more attractive, writes Phil Clarke, technical services manager at Rowanmoor Pensions.

A consultation on legislation overriding the rules linking pension increases to RPI will go ahead, pensions minister Steve Webb revealed at the TUC Member Trustee Network annual conference.