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Joint statement on data protection and effective communications to consumers issued by three regulatory bodies

Joint statement on data protection and effective communications to consumers issued by three regulatory bodies

On November 15, 2024, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator published a joint statement on data protection and effective communications to consumers.

United Kingdom | Publication | November 20, 2024
Pension changes in the Budget

Pension changes in the Budget

The Chancellor presented her maiden Budget on October 30, 2024.

United Kingdom | Publication | November 20, 2024
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill introduced into Parliament

Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill introduced into Parliament

On October 21, 2024, the Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill received its first reading in the House of Commons.

United Kingdom | Publication | November 20, 2024
Court of Appeal rules debtor’s pension is protected from creditors

Court of Appeal rules debtor’s pension is protected from creditors

The Court of Appeal has overturned a 2023 High Court decision in Manolete v White [2024], ruling that courts cannot issue injunctions requiring members to draw down their occupational pensions to make them available to judgment creditors.

United Kingdom | Publication | November 20, 2024
UK Pensions Briefing: Budget October 2024

UK Pensions Briefing: Budget October 2024

What’s changed? Inheritance Tax (IHT) payable on unused DC pots and lump sum death benefits from DB schemes. Gibraltar and EEA exemption removed from overseas transfer charge. Emplo...

United Kingdom | Publication | November 12, 2024
New regulations published correcting anomalies in LTA abolition provisions

New regulations published correcting anomalies in LTA abolition provisions

The lifetime allowance was abolished with effect from April 6, 2024. HMRC consulted over the summer on two sets of amending regulations making technical changes to the previous LTA regime and these have now been laid before Parliament.

United Kingdom | Publication | October 29, 2024
UK Pensions Briefing | Cyber and data security for pension schemes: key takeaways

UK Pensions Briefing | Cyber and data security for pension schemes: key takeaways

Over recent years we have seen that pension schemes and their supply chains are vulnerable to cyber-attacks.

United Kingdom | Publication | October 21, 2024
New Digital Service for Statements of Strategy to be introduced by TPR

New Digital Service for Statements of Strategy to be introduced by TPR

TPR has announced that it is in the process of creating a digital service which will allow the trustees of defined benefit schemes to submit their statements of strategy under a revised DB funding regime.

United Kingdom | Publication | October 11, 2024
King’s Speech unveils new Pensions Bill

King’s Speech unveils new Pensions Bill

At the state opening of Parliament on July 17, 2024, the King’s Speech set out the new Government’s intention to introduce a Bill legislating on several areas of pension policy.

United Kingdom | Publication | July 29, 2024


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Finance Act 2025 receives Royal Assent

The Finance Act 2025, bringing into force measures announced in the October 30, 2024, Budget, has now come into force.

United Kingdom | April 09, 2025

Financial institutions

Publication

HMRC publishes Pension schemes newsletter no 168

In addition to information for scheme administrators, the newsletter includes a reminder that following the abolition of the lifetime allowance from April 2024, applications for fixed protection 2016 and individual protection 2026 must be made by April 5, 2025.

United Kingdom | April 09, 2025

Financial institutions

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Pensions Regulator announces its oversight of professional trustees

On April 2, 2025, Nausicaa Delfas, chief executive at the Regulator, announced a new framework for professional trustee oversight in a speech at the Trades Union Congress pensions conference.

United Kingdom | April 09, 2025

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