Department for Work & Pensions

Jonathan Stapleton asks: Has coalition delivered?

Secretary of state for work and pensions Iain Duncan Smith set out the coalition's plans for radical state pension reform yesterday.

The government has officially launched a call for evidence to review the regulatory differences between trust-based and contract-based defined contribution schemes.

The Pensions Regulator has published a discussion paper on how it should support the defined contribution (DC) market in the delivery of good outcomes for savers.

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to take action to stop firms using differences between defined contribution regulations to cut scheme costs.

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More than 2 million people who are already over the age of 50 will reach their 100th birthday, latest Department for Work and Pensions analysis reveals.

The DWP will look into improving annuity rates for people with pension pots of under £5,000, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

The government has hit problems with the reform of the state pension due to contracting-out complications and will now delay releasing its planned consultation, Ros Altmann says.