Papers

A REVIEW OF THE government's £400m fund to help victims of company pension scheme wind-ups is to be brought forward amid mounting anger over ministers' refusal to accept responsibility for the losses, reports The Financial Times .

THE NUMBER OF households in Britain is expected to rise by almost a quarter over the next 20 years, the government said yesterday, an increase which is likely to put further strain on the country's limited supply of housing, reports The Guardian .

CAMPAIGNERS WILL gear up for a battle for government compensation for 85,000 people who lost pension benefits when their occupational schemes were wound up, reports The Financial Times .

THE GOVERNMENT FACES a £5bn bill to compensate 85,000 workers who lost their pensions when their employers went bust, amid growing speculation that a report this week by the parliamentary ombudsman will pin the blame on the Department for Work and Pensions...

THE COUNTRY'S THREE main business groups have slammed the Chancellor for overseeing a collapse in the country's international competitiveness and called on him to slash corporation tax in the Budget, reports The Daily Telegraph .

PLANS FOR A new low-cost savings scheme to tackle Britain's looming pensions crisis are gathering momentum in spite of objections from pension funds and the insurance industry, reports The Financial Times.

A CULL OF as many as 300 staff is expected if Henderson Group succeeds in its bid approach for the rival fund management house Gartmore, reports The Times .

AN ALL-PARTY parliamentary group examining the true cost of demutualisations among life assurers and building societies has called for legislation introducing an independent check on demutualisation windfalls, reports The Financial Times .

GORDON BROWN WILL use the Budget to unveil a major push on British investment in India, amid growing fears in the City Britain is failing to capitalise on opportunities in Asia, reports The Daily Telegraph .

Henderson is facing claims of negligence, according to this morning's Times, as the fund manager looking after the nest eggs of 2.3m Pearl policyholders put money into an Italian fitness clubs business whose chief executive is facing fraud charges.