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It's our roundup of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...
The news from Scottish Widows that 50% of women are now saving properly in pensions is welcome, but retirement equality is still a long way off.
The Pensions Bill which raises the state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020 has passed its third reading in the House of Commons with 287 votes to 242.
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Ministers have delayed the rise in the state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020 for women after widespread protest against the reform.
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised the government will put in place support for women worst affected by state pension reform.
Labour has made a final attempt to change the government’s reforms of women’s state pensions.
Women’s contributions to occupational pension schemes fell over the last year despite average contributions rising in line with inflation.
Retirement Planner's roundup of the top pensions stories this week.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed when employers must pay pension contributions for workers on maternity leave after confusion over the law.
Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised that the goverment will create a transitional arrangement for women hit hardest by the rise in the state pension age (SPA).
The Labour opposition should have come up with a solution to help women disproportionately hit by the rise in the state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020, pensions minister Steve Webb said.
The government has so far resisted offering amendments to the Pensions Bill which would ease the lot of half a million women who will have to wait up to an extra two years for their state pension under current plans.
The shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves has urged the government to move forward with the Pensions Bill before the summer recess.
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