pension reform

Pensions minister Steve Webb has vowed short service refunds will not be part of the future pensions landscape, and warned employers not to factor them in when selecting a scheme.

Trade unions meet today to discuss potential strikes at the NHS as they predict talks with the government over pension reform will collapse.

Unions and local councils are on collision course with central government after sources revealed officials were set to miss the September deadline to deliver pension reform proposals.

South African fraudsters have created fake life stories to apply for special state pensions offered to anti-Apartheid campaigners.

A £650m government loan to set up the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will be "unrecoverable" as the agreement allows the terms of the loan to be renegotiated, a lawyer said.

There is no shortage of easy-to-read, snappily-titled finance books aimed at the mass-market.

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The government has proposed changes to pension reform which will give smaller employers more time to prepare for auto-enrolment than previously planned.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned the government is refusing to cooperate in talks over cuts to the NHS pension scheme.

Fidelity has today launched its Workforce Management Service (WMS) for employers who will next year be trying to cope with auto-enrolling their staff into a workplace pension scheme.