Aegon has welcomed a move to freeze the auto-enrolment annual earnings trigger at £10,000, a step that will mean an additional 80,000 eligible employees will likely start saving for retirement.

Pensions veteran Steve Cameron, pensions director at Aegon, has joined the chorus of experts warning the government against scaling back pension tax relief for high earners in the Budget.

More than eight out of 10 financial advisers say that a ban on contingent charging will hit access to DB pensions advice, according to a survey.

A number of influential bodies and organisations have backed a new government-supported 10-year strategy to improve financial wellbeing for millions.