Round up - August 19

Pensions Regulator accused of jail threat

The Daily Telegraph

The Pensions Regulator threatened Professional Pensions news editor Jenna Towler with imprisonment last week after she revealed a factually correct story regarding GP Nobel

These accusations have raised fears of the regulator’s secretive and unaccountable behaviour.

The Regulator issued Towler a draconian warning last Thursday after PP published a story revealing the regulator’s investigations. The watchdog said Towler’s story could land her in jail.

See: TPR removes authority for 29 schemes from GP Noble

Ministers rule out Pensions Bill changes

Financial Times

Ministers have ruled out introducing changes to the Pensions Bill that would make it easier to introduce more "risk-sharing" pension schemes.

2m pensioners £100 worse off, say Tories

The Guardian

More than two million pensioners will lose up to £100 this year as a planned rise in the pension credit is wiped out by inflation, the Conservatives claimed yesterday.