Guy Opperman returns to DWP
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Former Pensions Minister Guy Opperman has returned to the cabinet as Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions under the government formed by the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Opperman left his previous post last month when Liz Truss was in power and was replaced by Alex Burghart.
In a post on Twitter, Burghart, the shortest serving pensions minister, said he was sad to be leaving the pensions team at the Department for Work and Pensions but was “very glad to be handing back to the very great” Opperman.
Kate Smith, head of pensions at Aegon, said she hoped his reappointment would mean ‘normal service resumes’, with lots of unfinished business to tackle.
“It's important that pensions dashboards and improvements to automatic enrolment, specifically the 2017 review recommendations, and value for money for members remain at the top of this list as well as thinking about longer term policy,” she said.
“Government spending is expected to be under the cosh so the returned Pensions Minister will need to be mindful of this, particularly when considering new policies.”
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