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The most popular stories were British Airways returning to a pension deficit as its High Court case nears and BMW facing union backlash over plans to close its defined benefit scheme.

The combined balance of British Airways' (BA) defined benefit (DB) schemes has returned to a deficit after recording a surplus at the end of last year.

Paul Spencer, who chairs the trustee board of the BT pension scheme, is to relinquish his role as chairman of the Hermes Investment Management board later this year.

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Trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme have been forced to put on hold a discretionary increase in payments after British Airways launched legal proceedings to block the move.

British Airways has seen its combined defined benefit deficit increase despite asset increases of over €2bn (£1.73bn), its final results show.

British Airways pensioners have triggered a second members' meeting after confirmation the scheme would again pay CPI increases this year.

British Airways pension scheme trustees have been bombarded with almost 1,000 formal complaints about their decision to move to CPI indexation.