Legislation

Labour has made a last attempt to stall the government's increase to the state pension age in the very last stages of the Pensions Bill.

The European Commission has bowed to UK pension industry demands for a longer consultation period on Solvency II requirements and extended the deadline by five weeks.

Unions challenging the government's switch of inflation measures for up-rating public sector pensions in the High Court are arguing the move contravenes the Human Rights Acts.

The European Commission plans to adopt a "holistic balance sheet" approach to scheme funding rules which will treat sponsor covenants as assets, a consultation reveals.

UK companies are likely to experience the same "painful" and problematic auto-enrolment implementation as Norway firms due lack of preparation and similar complex legislation, Mercer warns.

UK - Two pensioner groups will challenge the government in the High Court today over its decision to switch to the Consumer Prices Index for up-rating public sector pensions.

Two pensioner groups will challenge the government in the High Court today over its decision to switch to the Consumer Prices Index for up-rating public sector pensions.

The scheme at the heart of a legal dispute between trustees and the Pension Protection Fund has finally completed its transfer to the lifeboat fund one year after it went into liquidation.

Labour has called on the government to stick to the schedule for auto-enrolment.

The European Commission must make sure it does not "mix apples with oranges" and confuse the insurance industry with pension funds.