The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has hired leading consultants Capgemini to deliver the critical technical framework needed to bring the dashboards to life as they enter a crucial “develop and test” phase.

The DWP is to spend £400,000 funding a trial of mid-life ‘MOTs’ - schemes to help people “take stock” of their health, skills and wealth as part of a later life planning initiative.

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has today published its key data standards in a move which should help providers begin to get ready for the new dashboards which will give pensions savers detailed information about their retirement savings in one place.

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