Pre-budget report

2009 seems to have been a long year in the world of pensions - and a year many will, no doubt, be glad is over.

In the second part of our run-down of the top 10 most read Professional Pensions Online articles in 2009, we look at the five most popular stories of the year.

In the first part of our run-down of the top 10 most read Professional Pensions Online articles in 2009, we look at those in sixth to tenth place.

Alistair Darling's proposals to reform public sector pensions cover up a 45% hike in costs next year, independent pensions consultant Ros Altmann warns.

Planned gilt sales are set to rise by £5.2bn to £225.1bn during the 2009-10 financial year, the Debt Management Office says.

The Government's increase in taxation is a "complete distortion", Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable says.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has accused the government of "sneaky fiddling" and "sleight of hand" in its pre-Budget report.

Public sector pensions will be capped as part of government plans to pay-off the UK's burgeoning budget deficit.

The Chancellor said the phased roll-out of personal accounts was a "necessary choice" to save money.

As many as 150,000 additional people will be caught out by the extension of higher-rate tax relief restrictions.