The appointment of pensions campaigner Ros Altmann as the new UK Minister of State for Pensions has been unanimously cheered by the industry. Financial News takes a look at her agenda and how she might handle the challenges.

The choice of Altmann, 59, for the job was announced on Monday afternoon. Though not yet a parliamentarian, she is shortly to be appointed by the Prime Minister David Cameron to the House of Lords, as was announced in April.