Treasury

Outrage as Treasury plans ‘granny tax II'; Webb goes public with ‘defined aspiration'; Aviva sends wrong details to thousands of customers.

Jenna Towler says infrastructure is where it's at

Government's promise to protect people within ten years of retirement from losing out under public sector pension changes will safeguard less than 1% of members, estimates suggest.

Reformed public sector pension schemes will have to undergo further changes within the next 25 years, undermining claims the settlement will last a generation, Lord Hutton says.

Hannah Brenton looks at what we can expect from the Chancellor

The Society of Pension Consultants has urged the European Commission to clarify whether all occupational pension schemes are exempt from its ban on gender-based annuity pricing.

The government must make reforms to improve transparency and clarity around tax on annuities and trivial commutation of pension pots, the Office for Tax Simplification says.

Chancellor George Osborne's plan to convince schemes to invest £20bn into a government-backed infrastructure fund has serious "issues", Labour claims.

Michael Johnson offers a market-orientated approach

UK trade bodies will be lobbying the British and American authorities to clarify whether UK pension schemes will be exempt from the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.