People's Partnership Insights: Expert Knowledge for UK Workplace Pensions
Research, policy views and press releases from the not-for-profit team behind The People's Pension.
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Spotting the Scammers β How We Protect Savers from Pension Fraud
Policy & Research · By Sophie Lambourne, Financial Crime and Saver Protection Lead · Published 13 August 2026The old image of a pension scam — a badly spelled email promising...
Payroll Integration β Making Pension Admin Effortless for Employers
Employers & Payroll · By Marcus Ellery, Head of Employer Services · Published 21 July 2026Ask a payroll manager what they think about workplace pensions and you will rarely get...
What 'Climate-Aware' Investing Actually Means for Your Pension
Responsible Investment · By Claire Donnelly, Head of Responsible Investment · Published 30 June 2026βClimate-awareβ is one of those phrases that can mean everything or nothing. Used loosely it sounds...
Small Pots, Big Problem β Making Pension Consolidation Work
Policy & Research · By Daniel Whitcombe, Policy Manager, Savings Journeys · Published 9 June 2026Auto-enrolment did something nobody quite planned for. By making a pension the default in every...
Is Auto-enrolment Delivering an Adequate Retirement for Everyone?
Policy & Research · By Tom Ferguson, Retirement Adequacy Analyst · Published 19 May 2026Auto-enrolment is the most successful piece of social policy in modern British pensions. It took a...
Measuring the Ethnicity Pensions Gap β Why the Data Matters
Fairer Pensions · By Naomi Adeyemi, Head of Research · Published 28 April 2026Ask most people in the pensions industry about the gender pensions gap and they will quote you...
Closing the Gender Pensions Gap β What Really Has to Change
Fairer Pensions · By Priya Raichand, Senior Policy Adviser · Published 2 April 2026The gender pensions gap is one of the most stubborn facts in UK retirement saving. Women arrive...
Why 'Profit for People' Changes What a Pension Can Do
Policy & Research · By Helen Marsden, Director of Policy and Public Affairs · Published 12 March 2026Most pension providers have two sets of people to answer to: the savers...