The government has been urged to review the General Levy framework before introducing further increases, amid warnings that the proposals could disproportionately affect large schemes, distort value for money assessments and undermine wider consolidation objectives

Pensions dashboards should allow executors to identify all unused pension pots belonging to deceased relatives, helping bereaved families manage potential inheritance tax (IHT) charges from April 2027, RSM UK has said

Defined benefit (DB) schemes should consider a more prominent role for contingent assets in their pension strategy, according to a paper by the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP)

Almost two thirds (61 per cent) of pension savers say they prioritise the best investment returns over location, despite the government’s efforts to encourage pension schemes to invest more in the UK, according to a survey by PensionBee

The government’s proposed workplace pension scale framework must focus on member outcomes rather than consolidation for the sake of it, while recognising scale already achieved through shared investment strategies and pooled assets, industry figures have argued

HMRC’s proposals to enable defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to make direct authorised member surplus payments (AMSP) must work in practice, including restrictions on schemes winding up and requirements imported from employer surplus payments, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has said