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CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has refused to apologise for his decision to abolish £5bn-a-year pension fund tax credits and survived a vote of no confidence tabled by the Conservatives.

Increasing trivial commutation limits will encourage workers on modest incomes to save for retirement, B&CE Benefit Schemes claims.

NEARLY 1400 workers at Grampian Country Food Group walked out over proposed pension cuts and a pay freeze.

THE government has agreed to give insurers extra time to process pension term assurance applications after removing tax relief on the product in the Budget.

MEMBERS of the Pensions Action Group have unveiled two posters of chancellor Gordon Brown "destroying" the occupational pensions of thousands of workers.

The bulk annuity buyout market has failed to take off - despite new providers - because company share prices are unaffected by pension liabilities, research claims.

Trustees have been told a member must receive benefits set out in the scheme booklet - even though he knew they had been changed.

ROWANMOOR Pensions has launched an improved website for clients and independent financial advisors.

MORE than 190 firms applied for self-invested personal pension authorisation from the Financial Services Authority before the April 6 deadline.

NEW BRIDGE Street Consultants is set to transfer their pension actuarial and consultancy services to Barnett Waddingham.