The government’s decision to grant a “Crown guarantee” for the Atomic Weapons Establishment Defined Benefit Pension Scheme has been criticised by one trade union for being too late to help its members.

On the go: Scottish Greens councillor Shona McIntosh has tabled a motion for an upcoming East Lothian Council meeting, appealing for broader and more democratic oversight over the successor to the £8.6bn Lothian Pension Fund.

New defined benefit funding rules may lead to “potentially severe outcomes”, consultancy LCP has warned, while Mercer has predicted that the regulations would “accelerate pension liability buyouts and the demise of DB schemes”.

The manager of the Railways Pension Scheme has stood by the scheme's decision to invest in Chinese government bonds in 2021, despite allegations of human rights abuses committed by the country's government.

On the go: Members of the Unite trade union who work at the University of Dundee have agreed to carry out "continuous strike action" for a second time from August 25 over pensions.

On the go: Companies and pension scheme trustees should take steps to protect their schemes and their employer covenant from the fallout of any refinancing that they have undertaken, according to David Fairs, the Pensions Regulator’s executive director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice.

The Local Government Pension Scheme’s advisory board has provided an update regarding a database that lists companies active in the occupied Palestinian territories, after the UK Lawyers for Israel criticised the LGPS's summary of a January meeting with the then-UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Michael Lynk.

The British Medical Association has hit out at Rishi Sunak for changes made during his time as chancellor of the exchequer to the tapered annual allowance of NHS pensions.

On the go: The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers has confirmed that its London Underground members will carry out a 24-hour strike on August 19 over a pensions dispute.

Local Government Pension Scheme funds have told Pensions Expert that they support the Local Government Association’s warning to the government over its plans to give schemes just 90 days’ notice before the dashboards go live.