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GOVERNMENT engineers and scientists have voted overwhelmingly to accept new pension and retirement terms.

Union officials are pressing ministers to clarify ill-health benefits in the new Local Government Pension Scheme ahead of its introduction.

LONDON Underground workers have voted for strike action over plans to change their ill-health pension rights.

Just Retirement sales up

Royal Mail's proposed changes to its pension scheme are not unreasonable, claims a leading independent financial adviser.

Inherent weaknesses in company voting processes mean nearly 5pc of scheme votes are lost, governance champion Paul Myners claims.

THE PENSION Protection Fund has unveiled a system to enable it to calculate its long-term risks.

JUST RETIREMENT is targeting independent financial advisers with the launch of a campaign for better annuities.

PREMIER Pension Services has launched a fresh range of small self-administered schemes in a bid to show them as a viable alternative to self-invested personal pensions.

Threadneedle Investments has appointed former chief executive Simon Davies as executive chairman - against the recommendations of the Combined Code.