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Employers will be less susceptible to strike action and be able to take greater remedies when strikes do occur under tougher laws unveiled by the government.

The industry believes the Chancellor should resist the urge to scrap salary sacrifice, according to Professional Pensions research.

The government must rein in pension promises, or find the funds to back them as the state's unfunded liabilities approach £6trn, argues the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).

Pensions minister Ros Altmann should focus on three areas to improve UK schemes over the next five years says Tor Financial managing director David Harris.

Kevin LeGrand has left Buck Consultants to become an independent consultant.

Governments should ask the self-employed whether they wish to join a workplace pension scheme or a government-backed ISA says the RSA.

The government needs to stop bashing local government pension schemes and adopt a more encouraging and positive approach, according to Smith Institute director Paul Hackett.

Employers will have to consult pension scheme members before altering contributions or benefits to compensate for the end of contracting out, the government has said.

Only 350 firms have taken up the coalition's controversial employee shareholder status - less than 6% of the government's anticipated demand.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has urged the next government to introduce joint ministers across pensions, the ageing society and the Treasury to break down silos between the departments.