pension reform

The government has agreed to discuss reforms of the local government pension scheme (LGPS)separately from other public sector schemes after unions condemned its planned one-size-fits-all approach.

MPs yesterday grilled senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over concerns the government's reforms cannot be implemented.

A Trades Union Congress (TUC) document leaked to the BBC has revealed unions do not believe today's negotiations with ministers will avoid industrial action.

Public sector workers' resistance to pension reforms stems from a misunderstanding about how the changes will affect them, Hymans Robertson research claims.

Helen Morrissey looks at the results of the latest Retirement Planner Inquiry, which highlights how advisers are using offshore bonds as part of their clients' retirement planning

At last night's second reading of the Pensions Bill Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Webb gave two tantilising hints of softer reforms.

The government's "transitional arrangements" to help women hit hardest by the Pensions Bill could involve a pension credit concession, according to Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Iain Duncan Smith this evening said there would be no u-turn on controversial proposals to raise the women's state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020.

Around 20% of women aged 50 to 53 believe they will receive their state pension at 60, although their actual state pension age (SPA) is 65 and may be changed to 66.

Dr Robin Bevan, headmaster at Southend High School for Boys, explains the rationale behind what will be the biggest teachers’ strike in 30 years about cuts to the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS)...