HM Treasury

HM Treasury will undertake a wide ranging series of consultations around the simplification of employee benefits taxation this summer.

A collective investment vehicle (CIV) for London's Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds will go live in the next 12 months, according to London Council's Hugh Grover.

Budget changes will not significantly affect demand for gilts according to the UK Debt Management Office's (DMO) chief executive Robert Stheeman.

The lifting of restrictions on how defined contribution (DC) savers take their pots will not necessarily mean the end of the annuity market, says the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected attempts by the UK government to block the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT) in several countries.

The cost of providing the guidance guarantee will fall on schemes according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

George Osborne pulled a rabbit out of the Budget hat last month with a number of surprise pension announcements. Hannah Uttley discusses these and other major benefit announcements.

The government has extended the length of time savers who have recently taken their tax-free lump sum have to decide how to use the rest of their pension pot.

The insurance industry is capable of cost effectively delivering the Chancellor's ‘retirement advice for all' pledge, but passing the "impartially test" would be challenging, Otto Thoresen has told MPs.

A scheme allowing pensioners to top up their flat-rate state pension through voluntary National Insurance contributions (NICs) is expected to raise £850m over two years.