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In the fourth and final part of our pensions timeline PP Online looks at what happened in pensions between October and December.

This week's most-read stories included coverage of the Pension Schemes Bill in Parliament, a warning for scheme administrators to prepare for changes in data submission, and the cost of The Pensions Regulator's probe into BHS.

Pension scheme administrators are being urged to prepare for big changes in how they submit information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) under a new platform.

Most respondents in last week's Pensions Buzz were not shocked by the revelation that thousands of DC schemes are breaching scheme return rules.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a consultation on indexation and equalisation of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMP) in public service pension schemes.

There is an eight month backlog to process guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) data at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) according to Hymans Robertson.

More than £1.5bn was withdrawn from pensions in the third quarter of this year, official statistics have revealed.

More than 200,000 savers will have taken up the lifetime ISA (LISA) within a year of its launch, according to the Treasury.

The delayed launch of a service to check the protection status of members following the lifetime allowance (LTA) cut will mean extra work for administrators.

The industry is seeking the equalisation of the tax treatment of net pay and relief-at-source arrangements, but will it succeed? Natasha Browne investigates.