Green Paper on Pensions Reform - Department for Work and Pensions Consultation

The long awaited Green Paper on pensions reform “Simplicity, Security and Choice: Working and Saving for Retirement” has now been published. Whilst inviting comment on a range of proposals designed to overhaul the pensions sector and fill the widening “savings gap”, it is not the radical re-think of pensions strategy for which many pressure groups had been hoping. A quick reference guide to the main proposals is provided below.