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UK - Eversheds has written to the Department for Work and Pensions to highlight "inconsistencies and practical problems" with employer debt regulations.

UK - Executive pay must still be aligned to shareholder value and needs to attract and retain employees in the face of global financial turmoil, Deloitte has warned.

UK - Pension Corporation has launched its 'Pensions Tomorrow' initiative, in association with the London School of Economics (LSE).

UK - Tax grabs in the 1990s have slashed the value pension funds by up to £225bn (US$364bn), the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) claims.

UK - Taxpayers could be forced to meet up to three-quarters of any shortfall in the British Telecom Pension Scheme should it wind-up, an independent consultant warns.

UK - The number of scheme members requesting retirement and transfer value quotes jumped by more than 60% in September, Aon Consulting says.

UK - Latest government statistics on mortality rates should be interpreted with care, Watson Wyatt has said.

UK - Trustees of the largest 200 privately sponsored pension plans may have to ask their sponsoring companies for an addition £45bn (US$73.9bn) for the next five years to make up for huge shortfalls, Aon has warned.

UK - Oil giant Shell is set to implement changes to its UK pension scheme next year which will include increasing the retirement age for new workers from 60 to 65.

UK - The House of Lords voted overwhelmingly to keep the age of compulsory annuitisation at 75 during the latest Pensions Bill debate.