The Local Government Association (LGA) Conservative and Labour groups have backed retention of councillor access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Labour has accused the government of pandering to special interests as it delays lifting the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) until 2017.
Labour has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill which would give The Pensions Regulator (TPR) the power to force trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes to merge.
A Labour government would force small, poorly-performing schemes to merge, shadow welfare secretary Liam Byrne will announce today.
Liberal Democrat pensions minister Steve Webb has blasted Labour's legacy on pensions in a speech to his party's faithful over the weekend.
At least 30% of executive pay should be deferred in order to place more focus on long-term results, according to an independent review into short-termism.
Labour backbencher David Miliband has called for the government to cut pensions tax relief to £26,000 to match the national average wage.
Labour will today announce a scheme to tackle unemployment by increasing tax on the pension savings of the wealthy.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged to put a 1% cap on pension fund charges in a bid to reignite his campaign against "rip off" costs, as millions of people enter auto-enrolment.