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Members of the Managers in Partnership union will be balloted for industrial action over the government's latest offer on National Health Service scheme reform.

Hewlett Packard loses £400m MoD scheme admin contract; Scots councils spend £127m on golden goodbyes; IDS declares war on overseas state pension fraud.

The UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) climbed in March as higher food and clothing prices pushed inflation up to 3.5%.

Tube workers have called a 72- hour strike over inclusion in Transport for London's pension fund and travel benefits scheme.

Fund managers have skill and those displaying certain characteristics are worth an extra 5% per year to their fund, Inalytics claims.

Insurance companies are failing to regularly monitor their asset managers, according to research by FairPensions.

Employers can increase the value of their employees' pension pots by up to 40% purely through better governance, without upping their contributions, JLT Benefit Solutions research has claimed.

A code of practice on enhanced transfer value exercises due to be launched this summer will protect companies if employees complain to the Ombudsman following an exercise, says one of its authors.

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The Scottish government has accused the coalition of planning reform of public sector pensions without proper consultation.