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THE GOVERNMENT'S pension reforms will take total costs for businesses past £8bn, consultants say.

RADICAL plans to run the Local Government Pension Scheme on a pay-as-you-go basis are being drawn up by trade unionists, NAPF local authority conference delegates heard.

TRUSTEES considering the inclusion of contingent assets as part of their scheme funding strategy can now consult guidance published by The Pensions Regulator.

ACTIVE membership in the UK's biggest private sector schemes has fallen to almost one-fifth, new research reveals.

• Introduce a new low-cost savings scheme in 2012 in which employees will be automatically enrolled. Employers will pay in 3pc, the government 1pc, and workers 4pc.

GOVERNMENT changes to the Financial Assistance Scheme are "wholly inadequate" and will not help those who need it most, an independent pension adviser claims.

DAIRY Crest has bowed to union pressure over changes to its final salary scheme for a second time.

NEXT year's Local Government Pension Scheme valuation should be postponed to give actuaries time to "get to grips" with the new benefit structure.

TRADE groups and associations have given a cautious welcome to government reforms but warn the hard work has not yet begun.

LOCAL authorities risk mis-selling claims if they give members advice over whether to opt for trivial commutation.