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MPs failed to place legislation into the Financial Guidance and Claims bill that would have made pension guidance default, which Just Group director Stephen Lowe said left a "bitter taste".

The Treasury has reaffirmed its decision against rolling out freedoms to the annuity market, arguing it would be impossible to balance consumer protections with a functioning market.

Philip Hammond's financial update was empty of any direct pensions impacts as the chancellor sought to trim down the fiscal statement.

Some 79% of people would like to see stricter rules and checks to ensure pension pots are secure, according to a survey by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).

Swift action to ban cold-calling has been promised by the government in a bid to stem the flow of pension savers being lured into scams.

The Treasury select committee has told the government it must stop using the Retail Prices Index (RPI) for "any indexation purpose where legally possible".

A ban on pensions cold-calling will be in place before the start of the next decade, a Treasury minister has told the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC).

Ahead of the second Budget of 2017, industry experts tell James Phillips what they think the chancellor will seek to change on 22 November.

A government review has told trustees they must engage better with their members to build a nationwide "culture of social impact investment".

The much-anticipated ban on pensions cold-calling will be presented to parliament in "early 2018", the government has confirmed.