George Osborne

The Treasury must create instruments focussed specifically on the needs of pension schemes if it is to persuade them to invest up to £50bn in infrastructure, argue industry figures.

Cabinet ministers' pensions remain generous while public sector workers face cuts to their benefits, Unite the union claims.

Steve Webb has quashed speculation the Treasury could stop up rating pensions with price inflation and replace it with a lower figure next year to save money.

Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds

The Bank of England has increased its quantitative easing programme by a more than expected £75bn in a bid to kick-start the UK's ailing economy, while leaving interest rates on hold at 0.5%.

The government will slow the pace of the 3.2 percentage point increase in employee contribution by phasing it in gradually over three years, Danny Alexander confirms.

The government has laid out the pace of the 3.2 percentage point increase in employee contribution by phasing it in gradually over three years, Danny Alexander confirms.

Chancellor George Osborne is considering a £7bn "raid" on pension perks for the better off, according to reports.

The government has identified two broad options for changing the tax rules governing employer asset-backed contributions to defined benefit schemes.

Michael Johnson has reignited calls for limiting pensions tax relief, saying the annual £29bn saved by the Treasury from tax relief could increase the state pension by 60%.