The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats intend to table amendments to the current Pensions Bill if the government refuses to act over the issue of compensation to thousands of workers who lost their pensions when their employers went bust.
The Liberal Democrats claim the delay in linking the basic state pension to earnings and the issue of "mass means-testing" are some of the problems with the proposed Pensions Bill.
The Conservatives have failed to spell out any specific pension proposals in the interim report from its Economic Competitiveness Policy Group.
Liberal Democrat proposals to scrap pension tax relief for higher-rate taxpayers have been condemned by the pensions industry.
Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has attacked banks for irresponsible lending practices and claims they must now share some of the blame for the rise in personal insolvencies.
The Liberal Democrats have expressed doubts as to whether the pensions white paper offers the right foundation for the introduction of personal accounts.
MINISTERS HAVE been accused of trying to bully victims of pension schemes which have wound up into dropping their legal case to force the government to compensate them for their losses, reports The Financial Times .
The National Pensions Savings Scheme (Npss) should be implemented into a culture where opting out is actively discouraged, claims former pensions minister John Denham MP.
The Liberal Democrats have attacked the government's response to the findings of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report into occupational pensions, while Ros Altmann is planning to launch a judicial review of the case on behalf of the pensioners affected...
The appointment of relatively unknown MP James Purnell to the role of minister for pensions reform has been criticised by both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.