As you might know from my previous columns on SIPPs Professional, I am, and have been for some time, a huge advocate for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS).

Ever since “tax-free cash” changed its official name to “pension commencement lump sum” back in 2006 there have been pre-Budget rumours that it was going to change – and not for the better.

I can’t be alone in thinking that the recent House of Lords committee sessions on the Finance Bill and, in particular, discussion on bringing unused pension pots into scope for inheritance tax (IHT) made for interesting viewing.

Last month I talked about the headaches and liabilities of being a personal representative (PR) for a deceased’s estate when pensions are included for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027.

Almost a third (30%) of people now say they would increase their pension contributions if they undertook a pension review.

A planned £2,000 Treasury cap on annual salary sacrifice contributions will cut pension investing, according to industry pensions body Pensions UK. 

Farmers were handed a very welcome, albeit unanticipated, Christmas present from the Treasury on 23 December.

Despite a tangle of regulators, pension scandals like Hartley expose a glaring truth - when savers need urgent protection, the government stands powerless.

Regulators are to require DC pension schemes to publish "clear data" on their performance in a colour-coded format under proposals announced today by the FCA, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR).