There is now less than two weeks to go until Professional Pensions' and Workplace Savings & Benefits' flagship event: Pensions and Benefits UK 2017 Conference and Exhibition.

The combined deficit of FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) schemes grew by more than £10bn over 2016, Barnett Waddingham research has estimated.

A "period of stability" for the state pension age is needed and so the government should postpone any increase decision, the union Prospect has said.

According to the DWP

Richard Harrington has been reshuffled into the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) following last week's general election.

The combined force of a more heavy-handed regulator and market conditions in a post-Brexit world will cause some defined benefit (DB) trustees to put greater demands on their scheme sponsor, Barnett Waddingham predicts.

Final salary members of the AA UK defined benefit (DB) scheme are to move to a career average segment in a bid to stem the deficit.

David Gauke has been appointed work and pensions minister in Theresa May's first reshuffle since the general election which lost the Conservative Party's majority.

While the government moots allowing schemes to swap indices when rules are rigid, James Phillips explores whether a new index could end the debate

This week's top stories include estimates suggesting a 20% flat rate of tax relief could save the Treasury £13bn.