TUC

The UK has the lowest gross replacement rate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for state pensions, the TUC says.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has defended the CPI pension indexation switch after the Trades Union Congress accused him of breaching members' accrued rights.

The government would be "ill advised" to alter the discount rate to calculate the amount public sector employees pay into unfunded pension schemes, the Trades Union Congress says.

Plans by the European Union to introduce Solvency II rules to the pensions industry run the risk of undermining pension provision rather than strengthening it, industry bodies have warned.

The pensions industry has delivered a positive verdict on Lord John Hutton's interim report on public service provision.

Strike action over changes to pension arrangements at AstraZeneca have entered their third week.

Trade unions have backed a motion calling for a national day of demonstration to oppose cuts in public services, pension provision and jobs.

Top company directors' pension pots are 26 times bigger than the average scheme member, statistics from the Trades Union Congress show.

Major plan changes to auto-enrolment in 2012 risk undermining the consensus on workplace pension reform, leaving another generation exposed to retirement poverty, the Trades Union Congress warns.

UK - Major changes to auto-enrolment in 2012 risk undermining the consensus on workplace pension reform, leaving another generation exposed to retirement poverty, the Trades Union Congress has warned.