Trade unions this morning declared war on government pension policy after three of the country's biggest confirmed some 1.65 million workers would move to strike in November over public sector pensions.

Investment management firm Brewin Dolphin has sold its pensions management division to actuarial firm Punter Southall.

Unions and local councils are on collision course with central government after sources revealed officials were set to miss the September deadline to deliver pension reform proposals.

A £650m government loan to set up the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will be "unrecoverable" as the agreement allows the terms of the loan to be renegotiated, a lawyer said.

Deficits of schemes monitored by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) worsened last month, increasing from £8.3bn in June to £67.3bn at the end of July.

More than three-quarters of respondents to a consultation on a £140 a week single-tier state pension back the proposal, the government has said.

The Treasury today set out the government's progress on public service pension reform - announcing consultations and plans for talks with unions.

The government is considering phasing in the 3.2 percentage point increase in public sector workers' pension contributions over three years, a slower pace than previously planned.

Almost 750,000 people are taking to the streets today to protest over proposed changes to their pensions. Professional Pensions, IFAonline's sister title, takes a closer look at all the key facts and issues...

Professional Pensions, IFAonline.co.uk's sister title, has come up with a list of five questions the government still needs to answer about its controversial proposals to reform public sector pensions.