Retirement

The High Court has ordered £32m to be repaid in the GP Noble fraud case.

The computer contract for administering the National Employment Savings Trust - signed by the Labour government just months before they left office - will cost £600m.

The new coalition government has agreed to scrap compulsory annuitisation at 75 and hold a review to decide when the state pension age will rise to 66.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats coalition deal could have heavy implications for policies on tax relief on pension scheme contributions.

New annuity business at Just Retirement rose to £238.6m in the first three months of 2010, an increase of 87% and £111m on the same period last year.

The Conservatives pensions capability has been severely damaged with the loss of Nigel Waterson from the commons, the EEF says.

Gordon Brown's suggestion during last night's live TV debate the Labour Party would extend its policy to restrict pensions tax relief to include people earning more than £100,000 was a "slip of the tongue", a Labour spokesman says.

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