pension reform

Will the government's tough love on pension reform mean fewer incentives to save?

Employee benefit consultants (EBCs) will face a variety of problems if the government merges income tax and national insurance (NI), experts say.

The combined effect of banning contracting out and accepting Hutton's public sector pension reforms will "stoke the ire" of trade unions, warns Hargreaves Lansdown's Tom McPhail.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today recommends the UK government further increases the state pension age (SPA) to combat rising costs.

A House of Lords committee yesterday dropped an amendment to the Pensions Bill that would have created protection for transgender people against unfair state pension calculations.

Members of the University and College Union have arranged five separate strikes over redundancies and cuts to pensions and pay.

The anticipated £140 flat-rate state pension will be equivalent to a private pension pot of £217,000, MetLife says.

John Hutton's Independent Public Service Pensions Commission recommendations are as follows.

Final salary public sector pensions will be phased out in favour of cheaper career average schemes by 2015.

The Treasury will consult on removing the requirement for private companies buying out public services to provide comparable pensions to staff.