pension reform

Liberal Democrats in government push for urgent reforms of public and private occupational pensions, delegates at the party's Spring Conference will hear.

The government has published its final proposals for public sector pension reform, but several unions have already deemed the offer unacceptable.

Private sector workers are six times more likely to receive a range of employee benefits such as private medical insurance (PMI) and income protection than public sector staff, research has claimed.

Chancellor George Osborne's plan to convince pension funds to invest £20bn into a government-backed infrastructure fund has serious "issues", Labour has said.

The government must make reforms to improve transparency and clarity around tax on annuities and trivial commutation of pension pots, the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has said.

Government spending on police force pensions is "unaffordable" and not "fit for the modern world", a report has claimed.

The Royal College of Nursing (NCN) has become the latest organisation to reject the government's proposals for public sector pension reform.

The number of teachers retiring early hit its highest point in 15 years last year as they face reform to their pension scheme.

Pensioner groups fighting the government's RPI to CPI switch for benefit increases took their legal challenge to the Court of Appeal today.

The government has proposed to exempt employees who work both in the UK and European Economic Area (EEA) member states from auto-enrolment.