Adair Turner

Opposition members attacked the government's pot follows member proposals in a House of Lords debate last week.

Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner hinted yesterday that the Bank of England should consider writing off some of the £375bn gilt holdings purchased under quantitative easing.

Chairman of the Financial Services Authority Lord Turner says the new Financial Conduct Authority will focus more on the activities of insurers and pension funds.

Pension funds could soon have to bear the cost of a Europe-wide tax on equity, bonds, 
currency and derivative transactions, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds

The coalition is considering delaying auto-enrolment and a delay of more than 12 months will mean the reform package is effectively over, former Chancellor Alistair Darling told reporters.

The National Employment Savings Trust has unveiled some of the 25 employers already using its services.

Government must press ahead with the 2012 reforms or risk a crisis of undersaving, the Confederation of British Industry says.

Last week, like many thousands of others, I purchased a copy of Tony Blair's autobiography A Journey, largely to see what all the fuss was about.

Gordon Brown has been accused of attempting to blackmail Tony Blair to drop Adair Turner's revolutionary pension reform proposals.