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Member associations of the OPA now receive the news from the press on occupational pensions issues through a closed Google mailing group. (The OPA carefully selects news items which should be of interest to members but cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information in them so please don't shoot the messenger.)

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New threat on inflation protection of pensions from Steve Webb, Pensions Minister (14 Jan '12)

Liberty secures pension benefits for civil partners ( 2 Sept '11)

"Gas and electricity price shock shows the Government measure of inflation is meaningless” by Ian Cowie in the Telegraph (9 June '11)

Third British Airways pensioner trustee resigns. More.. (18 April '11)

Shadow Minister asks for evidence that the CPI is "more appropriate" for pensioners. (1 Dec '10)

"DB schemes ARE sustainable over the long term", Longfinance argues. (Nov '10)

Statisticians attack Treasury plan to switch inflation measure - Guardian, (14 Oct '10) More: See letter from the Royal Statistical Society here and the reply from the UK Statistics Authority here

Minister defends CPI switch (24 Sept '10)

Former Labour Work & Pensions Secretary of State, Lord Hutton, has been appointed to examine public sector pensions but is he the right man for the job? More.. (21 June '10)

Pension changes 'are a nightmare', experts warn - BBC (10 Aug '10)

The Pension Protection Fund finds a scheme with assets amounting to only 11% of its liabilities. - Pensions Week (26 July '10)

The Government proposes to change the indexation of occupational pensions from the RPI to CPI. More.. (20 June '10)

British Airways reaches agreement with pension fund trustees on a plan to reduce its pension deficits. More.. (22 June '10)

Former Labour Work & Pensions Secretary of State, Lord Hutton, has been appointed to examine public sector pensions but is he the right man for the job? More.. (21 June '10)

Roger Maynard, the previous Chairman of the two BA pensions schemes, has now been replaced by Paul Spencer, CBE, Exec Chair of State St Managed Pension Funds. (22 March '10) More.. (22 March '10)

OPA supports British Airways pensioners in calling for resignation of trustee chairman. More..

BBC finds holes in DB pension protection, one engineered by a former cabinet minister. Stephen Dorrell. More.. (9 March '10)

The Pensions Regulator’s powers on enforcing contribution orders against foreign companies are questioned. More (4 Feb '10)

In contrast to the UK a US study believes that buy-outs for DB schemes are not the answer and that they are salvageable (Oct '09)

FT Adviser article calls for a rethink on personal accounts: "Back to the drawing board" by Ros Altmann (8/10/09) See OPA response.

Financial Times has issued a "Call for action to ensure trustee independence" (28/09/09)

Yet another attack on our pensions! The Society of Pension Consultants has called for an end to DB pension indexation (21/09/09) See OPA response.

Many DC pension pots now worth less than cash contributions to them (2/3/09)

TUC slams recent attacks on public sector pensions and calls for Decent Pensions for All

Angela Eagle, Minister for Pensions, says the government is committed to keeping defined benefit alive (21/08/09)

Even though only 3 FTSE100 companies now have DB schemes open to new members the actuaries, Barnett-Waddingham, predict their eventual return (10/08/09)

(25/06/09) The Pensions Crisis - the Financial Times explores the dilemmas faced by individual savers, companies and governments. Experts advise on how to rebuild depleted pension savings and offer potential solutions to the international pensions time bomb.

(16/03/09) According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies the RPI may indicate deflation whilst the elderly are still suffering very high inflation. More..

(2/3/09) Many DC pension pots now worth less than cash contributions to them

(20/1/09) Business think tank calls for 10% cut for pensions in payment to save companies.