UK Election 2010

Have occupational pensions been reinvigorated?

The Queen today confirmed the coalition government will legislate for the phasing out of the default retirement age and set a timetable for raising the state pension age, depending on the outcome of a review.

UK - The Queen today confirmed the coalition government will legislate for the phasing out of the default retirement age and set a timetable for raising the state pension age, depending on the outcome of a review.

George Osborne's announcement that the department for communities and local government will bear £780m in cuts will increase the scrutiny on the affordability of local government pensions, Mike Woodall warns.

The coalition government is set to detail how it plans to make £6bn in spending cuts this year at its first Budget on Tuesday June 22.

At the beginning of March, Professional Pensions interviewed the then Liberal Democrat pensions spokesman Steve Webb about his party's key pensions policies in the build up to the general election.

New work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith must take a "fresh" look at auto-enrolment and not pre-suppose pensions policy is "done and dusted" because of the launch of Nest, Aegon's Rachel Vahey says.

Chris Grayling is rumoured to be named as the new pensions minister under the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government.

This week has very publicly exposed, among other things, the extent to which wrangling and short-term deal making are inherent in politics.

Investors thought it was all over. But it's not.