Legislation

More than three-quarters of respondents to a consultation on a £140 a week single-tier state pension back the proposal, the government says.

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Department for Work and Pensions appeal in the long running Bridge v Yates case.

A maritime union has called on the government to broaden auto-enrolment legislation to include seafarers and offshore workers who are excluded from the law because they are not "ordinarily resident" in the UK.

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has privately attacked the government's plans to overhaul public sector pensions.

The Nortel/Lehman appeal case with The Pensions Regulator begins on Monday in the Court of Appeal, but sources predict it is destined for the Supreme Court.

Legislation curtailing the annual allowance and lifetime allowance for tax-efficient pension saving attained Royal Assent yesterday.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised that the goverment will create a transitional arrangement for women hit hardest by the rise in the state pension age.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said it will monitor "suspiciously high" opt-out rates under auto-enrolment after MPs suggested some employers may force workers to leave the scheme.

Unions have claimed today's Office for Budget Responsibility report unfairly presents public sector pension liabilities.

US - Ohio employees last week escaped a potential increase in contributions when a plan to shift 2% of contributions from employer to employee failed to make it into the state's biennial budget.