Public Sector Pensions Reform

Business leaders have criticised ministers for allowing union leaders to "hold a gun to the government's head" over public sector pension changes.

The government will allow the Local Government Pension Scheme to ditch Lord Hutton's proposals for a career average scheme and keep the final salary arrangements if it can justify it is "fairer" for members, a senior source close to government says.

The Treasury's "reference scheme" is being used as the basis on which a new public sector pension scheme will be designed. We look at what has changed.

Here it is. Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander's speech to the House of Commons regarding enhancements to public sector pensions reform proposals.

The government has offered unions an improved accrual rate of 1/60th and more protection for workers approaching retirement in a concession on public sector pension changes.

Unions challenging the government's switch of inflation measures for up-rating public sector pensions in the High Court are arguing the move contravenes the Human Rights Acts.

Two pensioner groups will challenge the government in the High Court today over its decision to switch to the Consumer Prices Index for up-rating public sector pensions.

Andrew Short speaks to Lord John Hutton about why he did not recommend DC for public sector workers.

Lord Hutton admitted the Labour administration's pension reform package did not go far enough and may have "made matters worse".

MPs have passed a motion transferring the responsibility for setting their pension payments to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).