The government may offer public servants who are transferred to private sector contractors the ability to remain in their public sector schemes.
The Scottish government has accused the coalition of planning reform of public sector pensions without proper consultation.
Reformed public sector pension schemes will have to undergo further changes within the next 25 years, undermining claims the settlement will last a generation, Lord Hutton says.
Government's promise to protect people within ten years of retirement from losing out under public sector pension changes will safeguard less than 1% of members, estimates suggest.
Hannah Brenton looks at what we can expect from the Chancellor
Realism trumps idealism in local government, according to Michael Bow
Government calculations on public sector pension savings have been labelled "fundamentally unsound" after independent analysis revealed increasing retirement ages failed to cut taxpayer costs.
Unions and local government employers will meet early next week to kick off three months' of intense talks designed to produce a new Local Government Pension Scheme.
In the final part of our run-down of the most read Professional Pensions Online articles in 2011, we look at the rest of the top 20 news stories during the year - those in first to tenth place.
Local Government Pension Scheme reforms are in disarray after union bosses withdrew their agreement following a last minute policy shift by government on employer contribution rates.