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Shifting the link between public sector pension schemes and final salaries to a career-average earnings option could hit female retirees hardest, experts say.

The government spending review will have a direct effect on financial services

The number of NHS patients waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests has leapt by more than 50%.

The government's proposals to remove the age-75 annuitisation rule and simplify income drawdown are a step in the right direction but still "missing a big opportunity", Skandia says.

The average household with someone aged over 75 will lose £2,200 worth of public services per year by 2015, research from Age UK shows.

Newly elected Labour leader Ed Miliband used his first address to the party conference this afternoon to criticize the Coalition's deficit reduction strategy, and set out what changes Labour proposes for the economy.

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has warned the government's plan to abolish the need to annuitise by age 75 brings risks as well as flexibility for pensioners.

Ros Altmann, director-general of Saga, has slammed Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean after he encouraged people to spend their savings to boost the economy.

The IMF has broadly backed the coalition government's spending cuts and efforts to tackle the deficit.

The government is considering changing the way pension credit is calculated to encourage over-65s to stay in work.