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MPs pensions will be subject to the same reforms as the wider public sector and a new scheme will be launched in 2015, the leader of the Commons said.

Replacing tax relief on pensions with a matched savings scheme and setting up a "no-lose lottery" could help plug Britain's savings gap, a think tank said.

The low charges set by the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will set a benchmark with which pension providers will have to compete, Legal & General (L&G) said.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised that the goverment will create a transitional arrangement for women hit hardest by the rise in the state pension age (SPA).

Has enough consideration been given to the effectiveness of auto-enrolment?

The Pensions Ombudsman's (PO) team of legal investigators has been understaffed by a third over the last year due to government restrictions on recruitment.

A former Lloyds TSB adviser turned Labour MP has claimed IFAs and bank advisers are all focused on selling products rather than helping clients.

Raings agency Fitch has branded European Absolute Return (AR) funds "prone to performace disappointment" and "mis-selling" to unsophisticated investors.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said it will monitor "suspiciously high" opt-out rates under auto-enrolment after MPs suggested some employers may force workers to leave the scheme.

Unions have claimed today's Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report unfairly presents public sector pension liabilities.