Public Sector Pensions Reform

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

The Pensions Ombudsman has rejected a case arguing members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme were misled into the assumption benefits would always be linked to RPI.

The Cabinet Office is investigating claims that revisions to the ministerial pension scheme will increase pay-outs for the highest-paid members of the government.

Teachers and college lecturers in London will strike today over changes to public sector pensions, whilst across the country Unite health workers stage demonstrations.

South Yorkshire Pension Fund has launched a campaign to highlight the "frightening" amounts of money members will lose in benefits if they opt out of the scheme.

The government has published its final proposals for public sector pension reform, but several unions have already deemed the offer unacceptable.

Bleak figures reveal the gulf between public and private sector pensions continues to grow with 83% of government workers enrolled compared with just 33% of private sector employees.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of a pensions "apartheid" between the public and private sector if reforms are not pushed through for public sector workers.