All State pension articles – Page 11

  • News

    Override sought ahead of state pension reforms

    2014-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Legal experts have called for a statutory override in scheme rules to avoid members getting more benefits than originally intended from bridging pensions, as the industry approaches the switch to a single-tier state pension in 2016.

  • George Osborne (Bloomberg)
    News

    Autumn Statement 2013: How it affects your scheme

    2013-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Today's Autumn Statement left schemes mulling state pension rises, a boost to exchange traded fund investment and an option to allow scheme members to top up their additional state pension.

  • Opinion

    Editorial: Freedom from want

    2013-08-23T00:00:00Z

    The reaction to last week’s TUC report on state pension reform understandably focused on the results which, the union held, supported its claim that £144 a week would leave the “vast majority of people” worse off.

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    News

    Scottish state pension 'triple whammy' fears

    2013-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has said Scotland’s state pension provision will be hit by a demographic “triple whammy” should the country vote for independence next September. 

  • Opinion

    Editorial: Repairing the roof in the rain

    2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Last week’s Queen’s Speech targeted “two of the major problems of our time” – state care and pension provision.

  • News

    United Utilities takes action to lessen state pension impact

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    United Utilities has set up a special risk management group to deal with the impact of changes to the state pension due in 2016, and has warned schemes not to ignore the upcoming reform.

  • Features

    Tesco: Control the cost of losing contracting out

    2012-12-20T00:00:00Z

    The government is plotting a statutory override to help schemes remove contracting-out rules. Tesco's group pensions director tells Ian Smith how to control the cost of the changes.