Five years at the top: Has Steve Webb been a success?

PP gauges industry opinion on Webb's five years as pensions minister

Helen Morrissey
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Steve Webb, who lost his seat at the 2015 general election, holds the record as the longest serving pensions minister. Helen Morrissey asks the industry whether he has been a success

At a glance Steve Webb has been the longest serving pensions minister, staying in post for the whole five-year parliament He has also introduced a raft of major changes Industry figures believe he has been a success, particularly for introducing a single-tier state pension   In the five years prior to Steve Webb's appointment we had had a total of five pensions ministers. As the longest serving pensions minister Webb has brought a consistency to the role that previously never existed. His appointment in May 2010 was received positively by the industry who hailed his ...

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