Financial secretary Mark Hoban has pointed the finger of blame at the Labour government for the scale of payments owed to Equitable Life policyholders following the insurer's near collapse 10 years ago.
A joint 500-page response from the FSA, Treasury and Government Actuary's Department has delayed the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report into the collapse of Equitable Life until at least the end of the year.
The Public Administration Select Committee has further boosted the campaign to compensate 125,000 workers who lost their pensions when their schemes wound up, by stating recent government concessions "have not gone far enough".
In the absence of the UK Parliament providing pensions news, attention turns to the European Parliament and the Committee of Inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life.
The European Parliament's committee of inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life has unveiled the first draft of its final report.
Pensioners pursuing the government for compensation after their pension schemes went bust will find out tomorrow if they have won their latest court battle.
A three-month extension has been granted to the EU Committee investigating the collapse of Equitable Life.
Members of the European Parliament's inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life have decided to ask for a further three-month extension to their mandate.
Up to 125,000 people who lost their savings when their occupational pension schemes were wound up should have sought indpendent financial advice, lawyers acting for the government will say.
The Parliamentary Ombudsman has delayed her report into the collapse of Equitable Life until May 2007.