Steve Webb

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.

The government has hinted it will change rules around short service refunds after warning companies not to assume such refunds will continue in their current form.

The government has reiterated it will not introduce legislation to override pension scheme indexation rules.

The government's decision to revalue pensions by Consumer Prices Index inflation has led to a "scheme rules lottery" for private sector schemes, a lawyer warns.

Jonathan Stapleton analyses a member's right to choose

The Association of Consulting Actuaries has urged government to seek further legal certainty on guaranteed minimum pension equalisation because of the £10bn cost to employers.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has again vowed to clamp down on companies offering a "bung of cash" to staff who give up defined benefit pensions.

The Prime Minister has become embroiled in the row over raising the state pension age for women.

The first anniversary of the Coalition government has marked a year of relentless pension reform. Helen Morrissey asks the industry whether these reforms have been successful

Battle lines are being drawn over the open market option as ministers are set to decide on reform this autumn.