On the go: Aon and Willis Towers Watson have abandoned their planned $30bn (£21.7bn) merger after an intervention from the US Department of Justice.

On the go: The Treasury and Work and Pensions committees have written to the prime minister urging him to reconsider including paid-for online advertisements in the government's online safety bill.

A plumbing employer has filed a summons at the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking more than £265,000 in damages from Plumbing Pensions over its alleged repeated failures to manage the scheme’s Section 75 debt.

On the go: The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation on creating a new public sector pension scheme for judges, which will address the issues caused by the McCloud judgment and allow the government to have a pensions-based solution for the whole judiciary.

On the go: The Pensions Ombudsman has seen delays in resolving complaints, due to the impact of Covid-19 and the increased complexity of these cases.

This week – DWP loses court battle on PPF cap, PHSO takes aim at the department over ‘maladministration’, USS employers pledge greater covenant support, and government U-turns on minimum pension age.

Podcast: Georgia Stewart, chief executive of Tumelo, and Chris Hulatt, co-founder of Octopus Group, talk sustainability, inter-generational fairness and cryptocurrencies.

The Pensions Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against the trustee of a small pension scheme for multiple breaches of trust and instances of malpractice, while demanding they reimburse the scheme to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

On the go: The “stronger nudge” towards guidance recently proposed by the Department for Work and Pensions is inadequate on its own and will impact members too late in the process to have a real effect, according to industry experts.