Tom McPhail

A surprise general election is in store in just over month, but battle lines are yet to be drawn. James Phillips explores where pensions sit in the chaos.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will not expand its decumulation offering to enter the drawdown market, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Pension professionals have commended the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for launching a campaign to help people work for longer.

The Association of British Insurers' (ABI) pension and investment transfers group has unanimously voted for Tom McPhail to take over as chairman.

The government has been criticised for excluding pensions from a poster which aims to inform the public on the various savings vehicles available.

The industry has reacted with a mixture of support and scepticism at MPs' recommendations to reform the defined benefit (DB) pension system.

The Pensions Regulator chief executive Lesley Titcomb was asked whether assets such as Sir Philip Green's yachts could be seized in an attempt to resolve the BHS Pension Scheme deficit. This is what she said…

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

The number of active members of occupational schemes has returned to the record high set 33 years ago, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Pension professionals have welcomed the government's decision to keep the lifetime ISA (LISA) simple after a bill containing details of the saving vehicle was published.