Pensions auto-enrolment has been one of the few, consistent bright spots in the UK pensions market over the past decade. But with higher contributions on the way soon the DWP will need to keep a close eye to ensure that the wheels on the trolley don’t come off.

Auto-enrolment has seen 10 million workers become pensions savers according to statistics out today.

Nearly 10m workers have been enrolled in auto-enrolment pensions schemes as the government prepares to raise the minimum contribution from 5% to 8% in April, new figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show.

Former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann has forecast major changes ahead for pensions in 2019 with policy trends already in motion likely to continue next year despite an uncertain economic picture.