Trade union leaders met today to coordinate national strikes on 26 March over cuts to public sector pay and pensions.
Teachers may take part in a mass walk-out over government demands they increase pensions contributions.
Public sector pensions must be moved from final salary to career average arrangements to become sustainable, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) says.
The Pension Protection Fund has confirmed it aims to collect an overall levy of £600m in 2011/12.
The deficits of the 200 largest private pension schemes have grown by 50% since 2006, according to Aon Hewitt.
A legal loophole could threaten PPF payouts in the event of company insolvencies, warns Ros Altmann.
A group of 13 opposition MPs have called on the government to delay switching to the CPI index for public sector pensions until further research has been conducted into pensioner spending.
The value of public sector pensions has been cut by a quarter and future reform will need ‘trade-offs between adequacy and affordability', according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).
A consultation on legislation overriding the rules linking pension increases to RPI will go ahead, pensions minister Steve Webb revealed at the TUC Member Trustee Network annual conference.
The deficits of the 200 largest private final salary schemes have reached their lowest levels since September 2009, Aon Hewitt says.