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18 Jun 21
The Government Actuary’s Department has proposed new measures to allow greater flexibility over action taken due to rises or falls in public pension fund costs.
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19 Mar 21
Public service pensions have become unaffordable for some employees who are forced to opt out of schemes, according to the National Audit Office.
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10 Feb 20
A group of London pensions organisations have launched a fund to focus on affordable housing, community regeneration and clean energy.
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10 Jan 20
Kent County Council will have to wait a further 10 days before it receives its first payment from the stricken Woodford Equity Income Fund, it has been announced.
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25 Nov 19
University staff across 60 institutions have begun eight days of strikes over changes to their pensions and work conditions.
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19 Nov 19
The NHS will cover doctors’ pension tax bills to prevent a winter staffing crisis amid warnings from the sector that workforce shortages are putting patient safety at risk.
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5 Nov 19
A Canadian public sector pension fund will plough £250m into a new property development for tech companies in Cambridge, UK, it has announced.
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30 Oct 19
More than two-thirds of consultant surgeons have cut their NHS working hours to avoid paying excessive levels of tax on their pensions, polling has found.
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15 Oct 19
The troubled Woodford fund is to be wound up, leaving Kent County Council waiting longer than expected for repayments.
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4 Oct 19
Almost all A&E staff believe controversial NHS pension changes will risk patient safety this winter, a poll has revealed.
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3 Oct 19
Campaigners have lost a High Court challenge on Westminster’s decision to raise the state pension age for women from 60 to 65, which could have cost the government £215bn.
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12 Sep 19
Increased flexibilities to NHS pensions will not be enough to stop senior doctors facing high tax bills on their pensions, a medical umbrella group has suggested.
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9 Sep 19
The value of Kent County Council’s pension scheme investment in the troubled Woodford fund has fallen by £36m, figures from the local authority have revealed.
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6 Sep 19
University staff are considering strike action after analysis suggested they may be £240,000 worse off in retirement due to pension changes.
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2 Aug 19
A survey by the British Medical Association trade union has found 42% of GPs have reduced their hours to avoid being excessively taxed on their pensions.
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16 Jul 19
UK public sector pension fund administrators remain in the dark despite the government accepting defeat in a landmark pension ruling, PF has learned.
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8 Jul 19
NHS trust waiting lists are growing as pension changes have seen senior doctors turning down extra shifts, NHS chiefs have warned.
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18 Apr 19
The government has “swindled” public sector workers out of £2.4bn in pension payments, a union has claimed.
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28 Feb 19
A warning has been sounded over Scotland’s public finances as new figures show tax revenues will be undermined by sluggish wage growth north of the border.
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22 Aug 18
Unions are to resume talks with the government after their members turned down a pay increase worth 11% for some Ministry of Justice staff.
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11 Apr 17
The number of council employees earning more than £100,000 has increased while local authorities budgets are squeezed, according to analysis from the Taxpayers’ Alliance.
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13 Feb 17
Pensioners are £20 a week better off on average than people of working age, after a wave of affluent individuals reached retirement age, the Resolution Foundation has found.
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4 May 16
The government’s plan to pool pension funds, and push the pools to invest in infrastructure, seems like a shadowy undertaking
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16 Mar 16
The government will add £1 to every £4 saved using the new ‘Lifetime ISA’ announced by chancellor George Osborne in his Budget speech today.
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19 Feb 16
Local authority pension schemes will today submit plans to government to pool their assets into so-called British Wealth Funds, with seven proposals now set to be submitted for approval.