Labour

David Cameron faced accusations during Prime Minister's questions today from a Conservative MP over the negative effect auto-enrolment into pensions will have on small businesses.

Coalition plans to introduce a universal state pension of £140 a week need serious investigation to assess whether they are fair and affordable, the Labour Party warns.

Labour MP and former Bank of England economist Rachel Reeves has been confirmed as the new shadow pensions minister.

HM Treasury will announce new pension taxation rules including the cap on the annual allowance tomorrow.

The Labour Party has named Douglas Alexander as shadow secretary of state for work and pensions.

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

The Chancellor must abandon planned cuts to pension tax relief for high earners in the emergency Budget, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

UK - Chancellor George Osborne must abandon planned cuts to pension tax relief for high earners in the emergency Budget, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Legacy Labour proposals for auto-enrolment and NEST will be stripped bare to determine potential cost savings, Lord Freud says.

This week has very publicly exposed, among other things, the extent to which wrangling and short-term deal making are inherent in politics.