Legislation

UK - Workers do not want to phase-in their retirement despite government pressure on them to do so.

UK - Actuaries are making a last ditch bid to persuade the government to amend plans for a £1.4m cap on pension savings.

UK - Pension arrangements for members of the armed forces are to be overhauled to bring them in line with the "modern world", the government says.

UK - Schemes and employers have attacked a "heartless" government proposal to impose a 35% tax on spouses' pensions.

UK - Ministers have admitted proposals to amend fund distribution during scheme wind-ups are unworkable and are drafting in lawyers to help resolve problems.

UK - Corporate credit ratings could be used to gauge financial health when calculating the annual levy on schemes for the pension protection fund (PPF), pensions minister Malcolm Wicks said.

UK - Schemes will be subjected to a funding standard that could be harsher than FRS17 when the Pensions Protection Fund is introduced, government sources claim.

UK - Shadow UK pensions minister David Willetts has outlined a sketchy proposal to restore the link between earnings and state pensions.

UK - Unum Provident has been ordered to pay £66,000 plus legal expenses after poor communication with scheme trustees left a widow without her full pension entitlement.

UK - Government proposals over the distribution of funds during scheme wind-up have been branded "pathetic" by the City's most senior pensions lawyers.