Ministers could be facing more stringent Government gagging as a result of Brexit, former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann fears.

A female director at a pension firm says men are often forgotten in discussions about retirement age reforms, amid the campaign for fair treatment on state pensions for women.

The Government failed to address the ‘hardship’ facing women due to the state pension age rise, Baroness Altmann suggested as she quit her job as Pensions Minister.

A pensions firm says there is a “serious sense of mission creep” about the Government proposals launched today to expand Nest.