Former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann has criticised the government for the “snail’s pace” of progress on the long-awaited Pensions Dashboard.

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.

Only 4% of pension savers would opt out of free pension guidance if they were ‘auto-enrolled.’

A senior executive at retirement provider Just Group has called for pension savers in their early 50s to have pensions guidance sessions with the government’s Pension Wise service “automatically” booked for them.