Latest news 2010
Offering a default option for defined contribution automatic enrolment pension schemes – consultation on draft guidance
13 December 2010
We would welcome comments as part of a consultation on the draft guidance about offering a default option for defined contribution automatic enrolment pension schemes. The Government has developed the guidance to provide helpful information on the design, governance, communication and review of default options.
Please send any views by no later than 7 March 2011.
The Application of Pension Legislation to the National Employment Savings Trust Corporation Regulations 2011 Consultation on a draft amendment
9 December 2010
We would welcome your comments as part of a consultation on a proposal to amend the Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 (“The Investment Regulations”) for the avoidance of doubt and to clarify that the borrowing necessary to establish the NEST Scheme is consistent with the intention of the regulations.
Please send any views by no later than 3 February 2011.
European Commission’s Green Paper on pensions – UK Government response
22 November 2010
On 12 November the Coalition Government set out its response to the European Commission’s Green Paper “towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems”, welcoming it as a timely contribution to the debate on the challenges of an ageing society.
- European Commission's Green Paper on pensions - UK Government response (60KB)
- Consultations and other commission documents - Green Paper: towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems (European Commission website)
A sustainable State Pension: when the State Pension age will increase to 66
03 November 2010
Today the Government is publishing the response to the consultation into when State Pension age will increase to 66.
More detail on the response can be found in When should the state pension age increase to 66? A Call for Evidence – Government response
Making automatic enrolment work
27 October 2010
Today the Government is publishing the outcomes of the independent review in to how to make automatic enrolment work.
More detail on the review and the report findings can be found on the Workplace Pension Reform page on this website.
