Fairness in pensions is very important, particularly when it comes to the State Pension. It is sadly, increasingly missing from Government pension policy.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride told MPs in the Commons today that the rise in the State Pension Age to 68 will be put on hold.

Guy Opperman MP, one of the longest serving Pensions Ministers in recent times, has returned to the Department for Work and Pensions although the pensions portfolio he held has yet to be allocated.

The Treasury Committee has begun a new inquiry into tax reliefs.