MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee have welcomed the government's move to ban consultancy charging on auto-enrolment schemes.

The Treasury has claimed that the Equitable Life payments scheme is on track to close on schedule in 2014, despite claims it has been hit by delays and mistakes.

Representatives for the Treasury and The Pensions Regulator have cast doubts on the suitability of a single workplace pension scheme regulator.

Bringing forward the end of pension scheme contracting-out by 12 months was not motivated by the expected £5.5bn bump to government coffers, economic secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid has said.

The fight against pension liberation scams would be easier if The Pensions Regulator (TPR) had more power to act against offending firms, its chairman Michael O'Higgins has said.

The government should ban member-borne consultancy charges on workplace pensions "without delay", MPs on the work and pensions committee have said.

JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) has suspended consultancy charging on corporate schemes until the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) completes its investigation of the practice.

Advisers setting up group personal pensions (GPPs) must add VAT to the charges they levy on employers, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a lead generation company from sending unsolicited text messages offering pension liberation to consumers.

Axa is reviewing the viability of maintaining its defined benefit (DB) scheme due to an increasing deficit and the additional costs associated with the end of contracting out.