State pension

Rise in pension age to take effect earlier; Britons reluctant to take out a pension; Many workers are 'clueless about pension contributions'; Clarity and precision on all the pensions issues; Call for clarity in proxy voting process; Investors falling...

So we live longer and work less. What's not to like?

Defined benefit scheme closures driven by the end of the contracting out is a price worth paying to ensure a simple single tier state pension, a leading commentator says.

More than three-quarters of respondents to a consultation on a £140 a week single-tier state pension back the proposal, the government says.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised that the goverment will create a transitional arrangement for women hit hardest by the rise in the state pension age.

The Labour opposition should have come up with a solution to help women disproportionately hit by the rise in the state pension age to 66 by 2020, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

The only way to reduce UK public debt to pre-crisis levels is to increase state pension age to 70 by 2046 and implement a further £20bn of spending cuts, PwC says.

Battle is joined over public sector pensions; First public sector strikes have ‘minimal impact'; Britain's pensioners are increasing; Biggest school strikes since 1980s as doubts grow on pension reform

Unions have rejected proposals put forward by pensions minister Steve Webb to reform the basic state pension, saying its cost neutrality "condemns it to failure".

Public services risk losing £3.4bn a year from budgets if contracting-out is removed as part of a switch to a single-tier state pension, a report reveals.