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7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday mornings. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days HMRC publishes pension schemes newsletter...
Background On 6 August 2026, HMRC published for technical consultation draft secondary legislation to provide transitional tax protections in connection with the increase in the normal minimum pension age (“NMPA”) from age 55 to age 57...
7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday mornings. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days DWP consults on consolidation of small DC...
Introduction The DWP published a consultation on 15 September 2026 setting out its proposals for the automatic consolidation of deferred small pots through the establishment of multiple consolidator schemes. This is intended to help tackle...
Background On 13 July 2026, the DWP published a consultation setting out a “detailed proposed approach” to the new value for money (“VFM”) framework for DC schemes (the “Framework”), along with draft regulations (the “draft...
7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday mornings. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days PASA publishes guided retirement guidance...
Background On 13 July 2026, HMRC issued “draft tax legislation”, together with a policy paper, aimed at allowing occupational defined benefit (“DB”) registered pension schemes to make one-off discretionary payments of scheme...
7 Days is a weekly round up of developments in pensions, normally published on Monday mornings. We collate this information from key industry sources, such as the DWP, HMRC and TPR. In this 7 Days DWP consults on regulations to change GMP...
