The DWP is set to "nudge" more DC pension savers to get guidance from Pension Wise - the government consumer help service - when they near taking pension benefits.

Pensions Minister Guy Opperman plans to introduce simpler 2-page annual pension statements.

Newly-merged Financial Planner and wealth manager Tilney Smith & Williamson has appointed the former chief digital and information officer at the Department of Work & Pensions (DWP), Mayank Prakash, as chief technology officer.

Private sector employee pension contributions doubled in the past decade from £8.3bn in 2009 to £16.6bn in 2019.