Replace NHS with pay as you go, urges IEA head

The NHS needs a “radical” reform, where employees have personal pots into which savings can be made for healthcare and transferred into pensions funding upon retirement, according to Mark Littlewood...

Pensions regulator highlights inducements and safeguards for pensions auto-enrolment

With automatic enrolment approaching, The Pensions Regulator has taken steps to remind employers of the laws relating to inducing staff to opt out of retirement savings.

NEST announces the 'golden rules' for communicating pensions auto-enrolment to staff

With just a few months to go before millions of employees begin saving into a pension for the first time, as auto-enrolment legislation comes into force, The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)...

Industry-wide pensions group publishes code to help employers make the right decisions

A new Code of Conduct on the charges made on workplace pensions could help employers choose the best pension for their staff, a wide-ranging group hassaid.

Someone born today won’t get state pension until age 77, reports PwC

Someone born today is unlikely to receive their state pension until they reach 77 and their children will be working into their mid 80s, according to PwC projections.

Pensions red tape challenge is opportune time for Government to streamline regulations, says NAPF

Pensions experts have identified a shopping list of key areas where the Government needs to focus its energies if it is to meet its Red Tape Challenge and reinvigorate workplace pensions.

Public sector pensions strike deemed 'unnecessary and damaging' by BCC

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has deemed last week’s strike action over public sector pensions to be “unnecessary and damaging to the eceonomy.”

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Queen's Speech 2012 analysis: public sector body urges Government to rethink pension change proposals

The Government must “urgently rethink” its plans to make changes to the NHS Pension Scheme following the publication of a new Bill in the Queen’s speech, the British Medical Association (BMA) has...

Three-quarters of employees think a delay in UK state pension age is unfair, reveals YouGov

Steps to raise state pension age will alienate the public, unions warn following YouGov survey.

‘Elderly and employed’: Prudential identifies a generation of over-65s powering the UK

Two in five (40%) people planning to retire this year would be happy to work past 65 if they had the chance, according to research from Prudential.

Employers still not successfully communicating pensions auto-enrolment, meaning opt-outs could be 'significant', finds Aviva

Most employers (70%) are aware of pension reform changes but 68% of employees have little or no knowledge of automatic enrolment yet, according to a report from Aviva.

HMRC U-turn will protect staff using salary sacrifice for pensions, post auto-enrolment legislation

HM Revenue & Customs has changed its guidance to ensure that those taking part in salary sacrifice schemes won't lose out when auto enrolment kicks in.

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