Government pensions proposals – sent out for consultation in last week’s autumn statement – have the potential to empower individuals, prevent them from having to keep track of multiple disparate pots and help them achieve better value for money.

Brits spend more on housing than their counterparts in New Zealand, Ireland, Australia and Canada – comparable countries that have similar housing crisis issues, Social Market Foundation think tank analysis finds.

Companies should sign a new “contract with Britain” that commits them to invest a fixed share of their profits in new technology, staff training and smaller firms after the pandemic, a new report says today.