Pension dashboard must only have one 'plumber', says Origo

“There is no monopoly of wisdom. The dashboard needs to be an infrastructure of open standards – like a common language and system for finding, collating, and sharing pension information.”

Later, the government appointed vocal supporter of the multiple-network model, Ian McKenna, to the pension dashboard steering committee.

Mr Pettitt insisted the matter was not yet decided, saying the government was leaving itself "open to the possibility” of a single network model.

james.fernyhough@ft.com