Public Sector Pensions Reform

Reforms of the NHS pension scheme are being disrupted because senior management cannot detach themselves from their own vested interests, NHS Employers says.

A war of words between a senior Tory minister and a vocal backbencher has escalated over the terms of the ministerial pension scheme.

Civil servant scheme members of Prospect have voted by four to one to accept the government's reform package for the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme after a year of negotiations.

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are expected to join a 24-hour strike on Thursday against proposed pension changes.

Three trade unions have joined forced to launch a campaign against government proposals to increase the UK state pension age to 68.

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Mayoral special

The Scottish government has reopened talks with unions over public sector pension reform despite Westminster's insistence that it has made its final offer.

Lord Hutton, the architect of public sector pension reforms, has been appointed chairman of a newly launched civil service pension administration firm.

NHS workers who are members of Unite and civil servants represented by the Public and Commercial Services union will stage a 24 hour walk-out over plans to reform their pension schemes.