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The plight of George & Harding scheme members highlights the need for trustees to take independent advice on Pension Protection Fund eligibility, the lifeboat fund says.

Scheme managers are split over whether the government should have given pension funds the power to override scheme rules enabling a shift from RPI to CPI indexation where it is not already allowed.

Jenna Towler on why the DWP must get it right over s75

Government is set to overhaul section 75 debt regulations this autumn by introducing ‘group guarantees' as an alternative to the payment of employer debt, PP has learned.

Julian Mainwood of Barnett Waddingham discusses how the restriction of pensions tax relief will affect scheme administration

The proposed timetable to increase state pension age for women to 66 by 2020 will have unfair and disproportionate consequences for up to half a million women, Saga warns.

The government published its Pensions Bill today, covering proposed changes to auto-enrolment.

Pensions minister Steve Webb will face a barrage of questions on pension changes next week as MPs return to parliament.

Paul Sweeting on the issues arising from the CPI switch

The coalition government's cuts to child benefit for anyone earning over £44,000 is ‘a worry' and answers from the Treasury are ‘not good enough', pensions minister Steve Webb has been caught saying.