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.

Hashmukh Shah, a 63 year old accountant for a London cafe, has become the first person to fined by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) for pensions auto-enrolment offences related to working on behalf of an employer.