Potential 'template for further acquisitions'
The TUC has urged Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien to resist pensions industry lobbying to water down the test to decide whether an employer's pension scheme is good enough to qualify as an alternative to Personal Accounts.
People who have to stop working due to ill health will receive early help from the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS), says Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien.
The Government will fast-track measures to increase Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) payments, says Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien.
Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien will propose an amendment to the Pensions Bill extending the definition of a qualifying member of the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS).
Setting up personal accounts has already cost the taxpayer more than £6m, says Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien.
Conservative Party plans to abolish public sector final salary pensions would destroy "the best pension schemes in Britain", argues Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien.
The Government will meet the 2012 pension reforms deadline, says Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien.
The Pensions Bill could harm existing pension provision if passed without amendment, says Standard Life.