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Public sector pension reform will be back on the government's agenda within five years because Lord Hutton "bottled" his review, a leading academic says.

Lord McFall's pension saving committee risks becoming redundant because the pension system is already on its way to being fixed, Tom McPhail says.

Jonathan Stapleton discusses the merits of financial education in schools

Employee benefit consultants will face a variety of problems if the government merges income tax and National Insurance, experts say.

The abolition of contracting-out for defined benefit schemes will lead to more employers closing these schemes to existing members.

The planned £50,000 annual allowance for tax free pension contributions has been confirmed in Budget documentation.

The government has decided the appropriate discount rate for calculating unfunded public sector pension contribution rates should be based on the long term expectation of Gross Domestic Product growth.

Only a handful of pension schemes will be able to take a direct stake in National Air Traffic Services when the government sells its holdings due to the complex risks involved, consultants say.

Chancellor George Osborne confirmed the government will implement a single-tier state pension.

The UK economy will grow by 1.7% this year, significantly below previous estimates, George Osborne announced today.