Pensions minister Steve Webb has called on the UK pensions industry to throw its weight behind his campaign against Solvency II.

The government "should not pay much attention" to unions' threats to strike over public sector pension and pay reforms, chief Treasury secretary Danny Alexander has said.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed to bring the auto-enrolment earnings thresholds into line with the personal tax limits for 2013/14.

The government has responded to union threats of a general strike by refusing any further negotiation of public sector pension and pay reform.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are far more likely to rely on personal and occupational pensions than their heterosexual peers, research from LGB equality group Stonewall says.

More than 18 million workers will have passed through the auto-enrolment process by the end of next year, latest figures from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) forecast.

Number 10 has announced that secretary for work and pensions Iain Duncan Smith will remain in post after the cabinet reshuffle.

About half a million people who are approaching the current state pension age (SPA) are too ill to work, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said.

Association of British Insurers (ABI) will work with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) on a consistent ‘disclosure protocol' for pension charges.

Technology provider GBST has been selected by Fidelity to provide its administration and registry software.