TUC

Unions and local government employers will meet early next week to kick off three months' of intense talks designed to produce a new Local Government Pension Scheme.

Government and unions have reached agreement on reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme following emergency talks yesterday afternoon.

Ministers have outlined their plans for the future of the local government pension scheme after employers and unions brokered a framework agreement on how to implement Lord Hutton's reforms.

The government's delay to the auto-enrolment timetable has been met with dismay from the pensions industry and trade unions.

Industry and government must reopen the debate on collective defined contribution schemes to give members better value on costs and risk sharing, the TUC urges.

Trade unionists have released a cover of the Bryan Ferry classic "Let's Stick Together" in a bid to gather support for strikes against public sector pension cuts.

Warnings over enhanced transfer value offers have led to a significant drop off in the number of employees taking them up, industry figures say.

Steve Webb has quashed speculation the Treasury could stop up rating pensions with price inflation and replace it with a lower figure next year to save money.

Half of institutional investors have voted down more than 50% of remuneration packages but have largely backed bankers' bonuses, according to a TUC survey.

Unions have rejected a government suggestion to hold a 15-minute symbolic strike instead of a day of industrial action over cuts to public sector pensions.