Pensions Minister

The new pensions minister Richard Harrington MP has committed to auto-enrolment (AE) and master trust regulation as he set out his priorities for the role.

Dominating this week's most popular stories was coverage of the government's downgrading of the pensions brief, following Baroness Ros Altmann's resignation.

Baroness Ros Altmann has likened her time as pensions minister to being "in detention" and believes leaving government will allow her to be more influential.

Pensions policy is extremely important

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation into the future of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

The pensions minister has said investing in growth boosting and social projects could be part of a solution for deficit-ridden schemes struggling with falling gilt yields.

At next week's PBUK we will be asking our key speakers about the effects of the Brexit vote on pension scheme.

The majority of respondents in this week's PP survey believe it would be inappropriate for pensions ministers to side-step the regulator to rescue a crisis-hit scheme.

This week we want to know if TPR is being unfairly criticised during the BHS hearings and what aspect has the most influence on issues faced by DB schemes.

Andrew Marr has been confirmed as one of the keynote guest speakers at this year's Pensions and Benefits UK.