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The government will publish a formal response to its consultations on the Finance Bill 2011, including details on new pension annuitisation rules, on 9 December.

Government austerity measures may have to be rethought if the recovery slows, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

Over 100,000 civil servants will qualify for retirement aged 50 on final salary pensions as part of the coalition's cuts to public sector jobs.

The government looks set to implement a radical shake-up of the state pension system, with the abolition of means testing and the introduction of a universal state pension of £140 a week.

The state pension could be lifted to a £140 per week payment with no means testing, according to new proposals.

At long last, the Government appears to have listened to the pensions industry but some niggling doubts remain about how its plans will work in practice.

Hargreaves Lansdown forecasts the government will cap pension tax relief at between 20% and 40% ahead of the Treasury's policy announcement on Thursday.

The government will today switch the inflation benchmark for pensions and benefits from RPI to CPI, potentially shaving millions off investors' savings.

In recent years providers have concentrated on the underwriting elements of customer service. Rhys Dudding asks whether the other end, claims, is now ripe for an overhaul

Advisers have likened public sector pensions to 'Ponzi' schemes and say reform is long overdue.