A whole new pensions world

Helen Morrissey takes a look at a truly surprising election result and hopes the new pensions minister will take time to develop a plan

Helen Morrissey
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Well what a week that has been! The coalition government we were all predicting just a few days ago didn't materialise and the Liberal Democrats imploded with key figures, including pensions minister Steve Webb losing their seats.

Just as we were sending Professional Pensions to the printers it was announced that Ros Altmann is to be the next pensions minister. So what can we expect from this new all Conservative governme...

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