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THE GOVERNMENT is failing in its aim to shift the cost of pensions from the state to private provision, a new report claims.

SCHEME members cannot assume they are entitled to compensation simply be-cause they have been given wrong advice, a law firm says.

Ignoring A-Day costly

THE FINANCIAL Assistance Scheme for pension wind-up victims cost more than £5m - some 50 times more than its paid out, the Tories claim.

SIPP and SSAS ruling

MANAGERS are welcoming another government U-turn that will now extend the use of property in self-invested personal pensions.

TAXPAYERS will have to contribute more to MPs' final salary pension scheme after its shortfall nearly doubled to £49.5m.

NEW pensions legislation could alter the credit rating of public finance initiatives and public private partnerships, Standard & Poor's warns.

Scheme deficits at the UK's top 100 firms has fallen from £110bn to £60bn since January, new research shows.

Armstrong case shows how things have changed