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The government should push back scheduled scrapping of the default retirement age to allow businesses to plan for it more effectively, employer groups say.

The government announced its long-awaited plans for restricting pensions tax-relief last Thursday - replacing the complex legislation put in place by the last administration in the Finance Act 2010.

The government has announced it will reform the country's social housing system, allowing more new affordable homes to be built, providing potential investment opportunities for pension funds.

Government proposals to end compulsory annuitisation could increase member longevity risk, the Pensions Policy Institute believes.

This high-level industry debate - sponsored by Scottish Widows - discusses the future of pensions and looks at what can be done to encourage occupational provision and make existing schemes easier to administer as well as how to engage members and employees...

It has emerged that David Cameron has set up a "nudge unit" in the Cabinet Office to look at how to use behavioural economics and market signals to persuade citizens to behave in a more socially integrated way.

UK - Gordon Brown has been accused of attempting to blackmail Tony Blair to drop Adair Turner's revolutionary pension reform proposals.

Thousands of retirees hoping to take advantage of the end of compulsory annuitisation will find many insurance companies' systems are not yet ready to deal with the changes according to Annuity Direct.

The Treasury's pensions tax reform proposals must target defined benefit schemes to raise the £3bn-£4bn a year it needs, Standard Life says.

UK - The coalition government's pensions tax relief proposals risk "pulling the rug" from underneath occupational provision, a consultant warns.