Topic: Steve Webb

Auto-enrolment pensions postponed for SMEs

The goverment's auto-enrolment pension scheme has been pushed back for SMEs by up to five years following a revised timetable.. . The Department of...
By Emma Simon. 3:56PM GMT . Comments . . There will be further delays to the new Government pension scheme, designed to automatically enrol every...
Continue reading the main story Full implementation of plans to automatically enrol workers into pension schemes will be in place three years later...
The claim. . "I consulted the most reliable source known to modern politicians - Wikipedia.". . Steve Webb MP, pensions minister, House of Commons...
Pensions minister Steve Webb has suggested in an interview with Saga that those approaching retirement age will have to take a short and...

500,000 centenarians in Britain by 2066: study

British 20-year-olds are twice as likely to reach their 100th birthdays as their parents, threatening a crisis in public provision of health and welfare for the elderly, official figures showed Thursday.A Department for Work and Pensions study stated that babies born ...

Baby boomers spark 19% rise in pensions by 2012

The post-war baby boom is expected to lead to a surge in Londoners becoming pensioners in 2012, piling pressure on public services. The biggest increase is predicted to be in Hammersmith & Fulham with a dramatic jump of 44 per cent to 1 ...

Mighty Quinn: Sept. 10

Not one, not two, but three "Hi, Mighty's":. . 1. "Hi, Mighty, my brother Kenny is running the 12th annual Terry Herlihy Memorial Golf Outing...

Bills carbon aim stressed

The article reports on the reaction of the Friends of the Earth (FoE) community regarding the government's expansion plan for airport and coal powers plants in Heathrow, England. NEWS Planning unit chief ditched By Susanna Gillman The West Northamptonshire joint planning ...

Kramer quits Clegg team

LIBERAL Democrat MP Susan Kramer has left Nick Clegg's top team to focus on fighting the expansion of Heathrow.. In other changes, Mr Clegg's leadership rival Chris Huhne loses the justice brief but remains home affairs spokesman, and Simon Hughes ...