George Osborne has refused to deny whether there will be a raid on pensions tax relief for the rich in Wednesday's Autumn Statement.

The 38 Lehman Brothers companies fighting to be excluded from The Pension Regulator's financial support direction have secured a hearing in the Court of Appeal next April.

Marks and Spencer will halve annual contributions to its defined benefit scheme from £60m to £28m over the next three years, after its deficit shrunk to £290m.

Politicians on both sides of the house have cautiously backed the industry code of conduct on charges as a first step to improving transparency.

The National Association of Pension Funds has scaled back plans to introduce a ‘pounds and pence' charges code.

The £13m Ring pension scheme has entered the Pension Protection Fund, after trustees and advisers whittled down a list of over 40 companies to just four sponsors and triggered their insolvency.

Excessive risk in UK pension schemes could lead to a wave of company defaults once the economy recovers, according to Towers Watson.

Hannah Brenton examines the many complications the government faces in a flat-rate state pension

Companies could establish defined benefit schemes which are not indexed by inflation, under government proposals.

Money being channelled through an insurer's platform into external funds under auto-enrolment could put members' pensions at risk if the fund provider went bust.