TUC

The government has responded to union threats of a general strike by refusing any further negotiation of public sector pension and pay reform.

Directors' pensions are 24.4 times the size of the average occupational pension, latest TUC research reveals.

Around half a million people who are approaching the current state pension age are too ill to work, the Trades Union Congress says.

Government should use its powers to limit charges on schemes that qualify for auto-enrolment, says TUC.

Jack Jones reports on Europe's plans for UK pensions

Jonathan Stapleton returns from Rome

The European Insurance Occupational Pensions Authority will today publish its advice to the European Commission on plans to integrate Solvency II rules into pan-European pension regulations.

Solvency II will force all remaining defined benefit schemes to close and could lead to significant job losses as UK companies fold, lobby groups warn.

Up to 2 million women could miss out on being auto-enrolled if the government moves to peg the auto-enrolment trigger to the income tax threshold, the TUC warns.

Revisions to the regulations governing automatic enrolment have been released following the conclusion of a Department for Work and Pensions consultation.