The first cohort of schemes are due to connect to the dashboards ecosystem by 30 April 2025. Other schemes will then have to follow soon after, in line with a staged timetable set out in the DWP’s connection guidance, ahead of the overall statutory connection deadline of 31 October 2026.

In this hot topic, we look at how we ended up here, what trustees should be doing to prepare, and what schemes should do if they won’t meet their “connect by” date.

Read our hot topic here.