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  • Thousands more make contact with long lost funds

    More and more people have been making contact with their lost pension funds using the government’s free Pension Tracing Service.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pensions boost for thousands in job sectors where saving is scarce

    Thousands of people in jobs where it is not traditional to save in a pension are building up retirement savings for the first time.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Scotland analysis: work and pensions paper

    What Scottish independence would mean for social security, pensions and helping people into work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Doing more for the most vulnerable in France

    The British Consulate in Paris organised a workshop on mental health issues last week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pension savings – 9 million newly saving or saving more, says Pensions Minister

    Around 9 million pension savers will save for the first time or save more, due to reforms of workplace pensions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government announces extension for pension decision period

    People who have recently taken a tax-free lump sum from their defined contribution pension will be given 18 months rather than 6 months to decide what they wish to do with the rest of their retirement savings.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • National Employment Savings Trust Corporation: Trustee member appointments

    The Minister for Pensions, Steve Webb, announced the appointment of Trustee Members to the National Employment Savings Trust.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • State Pension top ups: pensions can be increased by up to £25 a week

    Pensioners and those who reach pension age in the next 2 years will be able to get up to £25 of additional State Pension a week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • An end to rip-off pension charges: Webb

    Tough new measures announced by Pensions Minister Steve Webb today will ensure pension schemes deliver value for money for savers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pensions freedom for 400,000 hardworking people from today

    First step in the government’s fundamental reforms to British pensions unveiled in Budget 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM Direct in Peacehaven on pensions and savings plans

    Prime Minister David Cameron was in Brighton to speak on the pension and savings announcements made in the Budget 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pensions strategy

    The government’s strategy for the future of pension provision following the reform proposals announced in the Budget Statement yesterday.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Press briefing: morning 20 March 2014

    The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on Ukraine, the Budget, TV licences and flight MH370.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Budget 2014: support for savers announced

    Series of radical measures to help savers at every stage of their lives announced by Chancellor at Budget.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Chair of The Pensions Regulator appointed

    The Department for Work and Pensions announced today that Mark Boyle has been appointed as Chair of The Pensions Regulator.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Biggest rise in pension saving since records began

    Latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics indicate that the government’s reforms to workplace pensions are working.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Public service pension reform nears conclusion

    One of the final elements of the government’s comprehensive public service pension reform programme has today been set out by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Automatic enrolment scores 3 million: as football club workers say we’re in

    Over 3 million workers have begun saving into a workplace pension scheme as a result of automatic enrolment, according to figures from The Pensions Regulator.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government requires providers to disclose all hidden pension charges

    The government has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill to require pension providers to disclose all transaction costs in defined contribution workplace pensions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Careers with YouTube and Google through Jobcentre Plus

    Young people have got their foot on the career ladder with YouTube, Disney and Google through working with their local Jobcentre Plus adviser.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government