All Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) articles
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NewsPension Protection Fund uplift sparks superfund wind-up concerns
Members of the upper parliament warn that superfunds could be forced to wind up before reaching maturity
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NewsUK pensions regulator asked to consider ‘stewardship code for transition planning’
Transition Plan Working Group says that a disclosure-only approach may be unhelpful for pension funds, and risked quickly becoming a ‘tick-box’ exercise
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NewsUK pension reforms questioned over saver risk and impact on competition
UK upper parliament warns pension reforms could shift risk onto low-income savers, while consolidation threatens competition and innovation
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NewsPension Schemes Bill debate in House of Lords highlights scale mandate concerns
Members of the House of Lords question £25bn scale requirement, arguing that compulsion could stifle innovation
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News‘Purposeful reporting’ among UK trustee sustainability group’s 2026 priorities
TSWG wants sustainability reporting rules for pension schemes to be changed to free up resources for impactful activity rather than compliance
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NewsUK pension regulator urges trustees to respond to value for money consultation
Regulator says trustees will be the ones driving improvements in value and challenging advisers and service providers to deliver more for savers
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NewsUK Pension Schemes Bill surplus rules favour employers over members, peers warn
During proceedings, peers questioned both language and content of Clause 9, arguing the Bill fails to define what constitutes a surplus
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NewsForward-looking metrics, four-point ratings system in new UK value for money proposals
Proposals are now formally also aimed at occupational trust-based pension schemes
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AnalysisIPE UK Briefing: Government to widen fiduciary duty guidance for pension trustees
DWP’s consultation puts forward proposals to increase knowledge and understanding requirements for trustees, and to improve trust board diversity
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NewsUK pensions regulator paves way for multi-employer CDC
TPR’s Nausicaa Delfas says the regulator is ‘determined to help turn a savings system into a pension system which provides a sustainable income through later life’
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NewsUK government consults on raising trustee standards
DWP’s consultation puts forward proposals to increase knowledge and understanding requirements for trustees, and to improve trust board diversity
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NewsUK government consults on ‘Retirement CDC’
CDC schemes would allow DC pension savers to transfer their pot at retirement into a collective fund that provides a trustee-managed income for life
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NewsTPT Retirement Solutions enters superfund market with £1bn run-on model
£1bn of committed capital would be sufficient to fund several transactions
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NewsPPF scraps levy as UK Pension Schemes Bill progresses
The move saves defined benefit schemes and their sponsoring employers collectively £45m
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NewsUK government climate transition plan policymaking ‘causing confusion’
Pension fund industry body calling for departmental coordination to ensure coherence
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NewsUK government set to scrap PPF administration levy
UK pensions minister Torsten Bell confirmed plans to abolish the Pension Protection Fund administration levy
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News‘Hundreds’ of UK pension providers connected to Pensions Dashboard
The connection deadline for large pension funds is set between 30 April 2025 and 30 November 2025
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NewsPension professionals call for standardisation of bulk purchase annuity processes
SPP suggests that a more standardised approach to streamlined processes would be a significant, but not impossible, step
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: UK pension reform promises hang on data innovation
But it will fall to industry to address the grim state of pensions portability, says Max Lack of Heka Global
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NewsUK regulator to develop climate transition plan template for pension funds
TPR transition plan working group to present template to DWP later this year
