Professional Adviser's Brendan Llewellyn interviews pensions minister Steve Webb for its The Hard Questions series...
This is the full transcript of the interview (with minor changes for readability) which took place on 8 July in London. Brendan Llewellyn (BL): Responsibility for pensions has shifted over the years from the state and, to an extent, from the employer firmly towards the individual. At the moment there is big gaping pensions gap. Is enough being done to try to narrow that gap and, if not, what else could be done? Steve Webb (SW): "I think I draw a distinction between a set of people who are adequately pensioned - people who've got a full state pension record and some historic rights und...
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