Judges' pensions: a matter of constitutional principle?
Jon Robins
Jon Robins: Judges pay nothing towards their comfortable retirement, as cost-cutting ministers are aware. But would change compromise their independence?
October 2010
Money blog
A pension loophole to make the PIPs squeak
It's all too easy to be caught out by the pension input period with the government's new contribution limits, says Tom McPhail
March 2008
Pensions shake-up 'to hit 300,000 workers'
Fund manager claims workers will lose their existing pension scheme benefits when planned reforms to workplace schemes come into force in 2012
January 2008
Call for new pensions based on career earnings
Mark Milner
· Reforms don't go far enough, say actuaries · Closure of final-salary schemes causes concern
The government today defeated opposition attempts to hijack pensions policy by creating an emergency 'lifeboat' fund for workers whose private pension schemes have collapsed.
March 2007
Government 'should scale back' national pensions savings scheme
4.15pm: Ministers are in danger of undermining existing occupational retirement plans, warns the National Association of Pension Funds. By Phillip Inman.
January 2007
Government u-turn gives hope to pensions savers
Hundreds of thousands of people who expected to lose money they spent topping up their state pensions were told last night they may be eligible for compensation. By Phillip Inman.
December 2006
No company pension? Fear not: here comes the government
Insurance firms getting just rewards on pensions
Launch of national pensions plan fails to silence critics
Pensions: Q&A
Government unveils pensions savings plan
National pension scheme is 'wishful thinking on a grand scale', say critics
November 2006
Linking state pension to earnings will mean three extra years at work
· Pledge to make system fairer for women · Age groups say many will die before benefits appear
Bill maps out sweeping pension reforms
6pm: The retirement age will rise to 68 and the state pension will be linked to earnings as part of today's government pensions bill, but some experts claimed the scheme could leave many people worse off. By Philip Inman.
The pensions bill explained
The long-awaited pensions bill aims to rejuvenate the current system in an attempt to head off a potential pensions crisis, where too many pensioners need an income from too small a state pot.
