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.
Auto-enrolment will force small employers to reduce benefits and potentially freeze recruitment to meet rising pension costs.
Legislation curtailing pension charges for deferred members has been announced by pensions minister Steve Webb.
Legislation curtailing pension charges for deferred members has been announced by pensions minister Steve Webb.
The government has announced a six month delay in the increase in the state pension age in 2020.
Increasing the state pension age could bring economic hardship to people in their early 60s, according to TUC head of campaigns and communications Nigel Stanley.
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