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The government's National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has saved £144.8m over the past two years by helping detect and prevent occupational pension fraud and overpayments.

Tax relief on pension contributions is not an effective way of incentivising saving and the government may wish to consider fundamental reform, the Treasury Committee says.

The government will encourage investors to support social impact programmes by working with the investments and saving industry, it has announced.

Crest Healthcare and its managing director have pleaded guilty to misleading The Pensions Regulator (TPR) about enrolling employees into a workplace pension.

A ban on pension cold-calling will be put into law by June this year after the government introduced amendments to the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill.

Guy Opperman says we need to get people to fall in love with pensions again and give them the tools to achieve a more secure retirement

The pension industry's reaction to the lack of policy in the Autumn Budget has been a mixture of relief and disappointment.

The government has been urged to involve more consumers in the development of the pensions dashboard as YouGov research showed more than 90% have not heard about it.

The government has revealed it will enhance HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax registration powers to clamp down on fraudulent pension schemes.

The frequency of potential scams in transfer requests declined three percentage points compared to last year, according to Xafinity.