Whilst the Conservatives’ manifesto is due to be published this coming weekend, a summary of Labour’s and the Liberal Democrat’s pension-related policies is as follows:

Labour

• Stop people being auto-enrolled into “rip-off schemes” and seek to widen and expand access for more low-income and self-employed workers
• Retain the state pension age of 66 and review retirement ages for physically arduous and stressful occupations
• Maintain the state pension triple lock
• Establish an independent Pensions Commission to recommend target levels for workplace pensions
• Create a publicly run, transparent pensions dashboard, which includes costs and charges
• Legislate for the Royal Mail collective DC scheme to proceed and allow similar schemes
• Review the tax and pension changes implemented by the Conservative government (which seems likely to include the tapered annual allowance)
• Compensate women born in the 1950s for their change in state pension age

Liberal Democrats

• Review rules concerning pensions, so that those in the gig economy don’t lose out
• Maintain the state pension triple lock
• Compensate women born in the 1950s for their change in state pension age
• Address continuing inequalities in pensions law for those in same-sex relationships
• 1 pence rise on the basic, higher and additional rates of income tax to fund health and social care (thereby increasing pensions tax relief).