The new low-cost pension-for-all could undermine existing schemes and leave employees worse off, says a pensions pressure group
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This Is Money: Chancellor Wants Fuel Bills Cut For Elderly
Gordon Brown has been pressing electricity and gas companies to cut pensioners’ fuel bills for this winter
Scotsman: Payday For Pension Victims
BRITAIN’S pensions safety net this weekend began paying its first pensions to members of three bankrupt final salary schemes who feared they had lost all their retirement savings when their scheme collapsed.
Scotsman: Time To Make Sure That Your Scheme Is Secure
WE LIVE in an uncertain world, as the thousands of former employees whose pensions have been threatened by the collapse of their company know only too well.
Scotsman: Long Arm Of New Age-discrimination Law
MOST pension schemes are littered with rules that relate to age: the age at which you can join, the age at which your pension normally comes into payment, the age at which you can take early retirement, and so on.
Scotsman: Women And Carers Biggest Winners In Pensions Bill
THIS week brought the long-awaited publication of the Pensions Bill, which is being hailed by the Department of Work and Pensions as a “landmark settlement for future generations”.
This Is Money: £175bn ‘cost Of Long-life Pensions’
The shortfall in Britain’s company pension funds could be £175bn larger than official estimates as people live longer, it is claimed
This Is Money: Pension Rescue Fund Pays Out
A small band of pensioners today became the first to receive payments direct from the fund set up to rescue failed company schemes
Scotsman: Chilton Staff First To Gain From PPF
WORKERS made redundant by the closure of a textiles firm have become the first in Scotland to benefit from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), designed to compensate pension scheme members of collapsed companies.