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

Consolidating pensions through a pot follows member system is more cost effective for than alternative forms of accumulation, Department for Work and Pensions statistics show.

Unemployed graduates will be helped to break into the financial services industry with the launch of a training college.

Iain Duncan Smith has confirmed plans for a flat-rate state pension are still going ahead.

Thousands of workers have been auto-enrolled into a workplace pension for the first time today.

Fiona Murphy looks at the DWP's small pot reforms and asks if they made the right decision.

The Government is predicting 600,000 more people will be saving into a workplace pension by the end of the year as a result of the introduction of auto-enrolment.

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

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that well-known business icons including Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady are among the celebrities to help promote auto-enrolment through an advertising campaign.

Two-thirds of employers are unaware members pay any charges in their defined contribution schemes, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research reveals.