Lecturers to strike over retirement age plans
Press Review 14 February 2005
NATFHE (University & College Lecturers' Union) has become the latest in a series of unions to set a date for strike action over plans to raise the public sector retirement age from 60 to 65.
Age discrimination
Policy Consultation 14 December 2004
Comments from Help the Aged and the Institute of Directors.
Unions threaten strike action over pension plans
Press Review 14 December 2004
As many as five million public sector workers will go on strike in the new year unless the government abandons its plans for pension reform.
Sorry saga of an ageing nation
Publication Article 15 October 2004
Gordon Lishman of Age Concern and Philip Williamson of Nationwide
Stakeholder Interview 11 August 2004
Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern, and Phillip Williamson, chief executive of Nationwide, talk to ePolitix.com about retirement issues.
Retirement age
Policy Consultation 26 July 2004
Comment from Help the Aged, the Association of Retired and Persons Over 50, Age Concern, the Institute of Directors and Counsel and Care
Pensions chief says 65 too young to retire
Press Review 23 June 2004
The chairman of the government's Pensions Commission has said there should either be no default retirement age or if there is that it should be higher than 65.
Brown considers raising retirement age
Press Review 21 June 2004
Pensions experts have forecast that the Treasury could reap an annual £10 billion windfall by forcing people to work longer.
Leaked letter hints at retirement age change
News Article 20 June 2004
A leaked letter has revealed a potential row over government plans to raise the retirement age to 70.
Forum of Private Business
Government Affairs Website
CBI issues pensions warning
Press Review 21 April 2004
Companies will have to inject a further £6 billion a year into their pension funds over the next three years, the CBI has predicted.
Ministers consider pension reform
Press Review 25 March 2004
The government is considering scrapping the requirement of people with defined contribution pensions to buy inflation-linked annuities.
Concerns raised over Pension Protection Fund
Press Review 23 March 2004
Industry leaders have requested an urgent meeting with pensions secretary Andrew Smith, amid concerns over how a new Pension Protection Fund would work in practice.
Teachers facing pension 'black hole'
Press Review 5 March 2004
Up to 60,000 teachers may be affected by problems with their state pension scheme.
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