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Pensions minister Steve Webb has defended the green paper on simplifying the state pension, saying the proposals would provide better outcomes for women.

Six public sector organisations have applied for a High Court judicial review of the government's decision to link increases in public sector pensions to the consumer prices index (CPI).

Jonathon Howard, head of corporate clients at Courtiers Investment Services, discusses the implications of the recent green paper for State Pension reform.

Doctors have branded fit notes a success in helping people return to work but believe it has not improved advice to patients and that more local services are needed to support returning to work.

Disabled people receiving the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be subject to regular reassessments and the majority of cases will be fixed-term payments.

MPs have called on the government to take action over Nationwide's planned closure of all its inner southeast London branches.

The anticipated £140 flat-rate state pension will be equivalent to a private pension pot of £217,000, MetLife says.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith will announce today the government is ready to reform the state pension to a flat-rate payment.

The DWP is on the verge of announcing its plans for a new state pension system, Ros Altmann, director general of Saga says.

State pension forecasts sent out to people approaching retirement are so complicated even financial advisers do not understand them, pensions minister Steve Webb says.