Steve Webb

Government proposals to scrap the default retirement age will damage businesses and lead to a surge in costly employment tribunals, the Confederation of British Industry warns.

Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb has been appointed as pensions minister to serve under Iain Duncan Smith at the DWP.

Liberal Democrat pensions spokesman Steve Webb talks to Tom Selby about being the party who ask the awkward questions.

Lib Dem Steve Webb has been charged with shaping pensions policy in the new coalition Government. So what did he have to say about a possible Con-Lib coalition in this interview from March?

The Conservatives have again reached for the knife regarding Labour's pension plans, warning its suggested move from the traditional state pension to a so-called "citizen's pension" could potentially lead to further means-testing.

In a quick-fire response, the Liberal Democrats claim pension plans laid out by the Tories yesterday will not aid the poorest two-thirds of pensioners but make many poorer still.

Qualified praise has been heaped on the Pension Commission's report by government ministers, opposition spokespeople and industry associations.