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Automatic enrolment

Employers have enrolled 6 million people into a workplace pension

Baroness Altmann, Former Minister for Pensions (May 2015 to July 2016), 11 March 2016 - Automatic enrolment

6 million employees are now enrolled into workplace pensions, thanks to Automatic Enrolment. This milestone means we’re two thirds of the way to reaching the expected 9 million employees who’ll be newly saving, or saving more as result of Automatic Enrolment by 2020.

On the 12th day of Christmas … a partridge and a Workie

Baroness Altmann, Former Minister for Pensions (May 2015 to July 2016), 23 December 2015 - Automatic enrolment, Fuller Working Lives, New State Pension, Pension Credit, State Pension top up

2015 has been an exciting year for UK pensions with more workers in small and micro firms being enrolled in a workplace pension. And 2016 looks set to be even busier.

What’s 10-foot tall, multi-coloured and tasked to change our perception of pensions in the workplace?

Baroness Altmann, Former Minister for Pensions (May 2015 to July 2016), 11 November 2015 - Automatic enrolment

Workie. He’s the larger than life character we’ve developed as part of an exciting new campaign calling on people not to ignore workplace pensions. You can’t fail to notice him!

Pensions Revolutions

Baroness Altmann, Former Minister for Pensions (May 2015 to July 2016), 13 October 2015 - Automatic enrolment, New State Pension, Tax freedoms

It is no secret that I have spent most of my working life in pensions – thinking about them, writing about them, occasionally dreaming about them, and debating how, together, we can make pensions work better for people.

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This is an official blog from the Department for Work and Pensions.

There are three big pension revolutions happening – the new State Pension, Automatic Enrolment and the tax Freedoms.

This blog aims to help you understand what the changes mean for you.

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