Steve Webb given knighthood in New Year's honours list

Now director of policy at Royal London, Webb (pictured) was a member of parliament for almost two decades. While minister of state for pensions during the coalition government, Webb introduced the "triple-lock" pension guarantee and implemented auto-enrolment into workplace pensions, which has resulted in seven million people newly saving for retirement. Webb was previously professor of social policy at Bath University specialising in poverty, taxes and benefits. He said: "It is humbling and unexpected to receive an honour of this sort. Without the partnership of the many people I...