A growing number of people are failing to save anything for their retirement – leaving them in a “precarious” position, a pensions provider says.

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A fifth ‘have no pension savings’

All past and present partners could lose pensions, and recent partners will probably lose investments in the firm and could be forced to return salaries as the firm closes.

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Dewey Partners and Retirees Face Huge Financial Losses

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says he would not accept a further £10bn of welfare cuts.

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Duncan Smith opposes welfare cuts

Councils in Wales deny lobby group Taxpayers’ Alliance claim they face a “ticking time tomb” of pensions deficits measured in billions.

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Council pension ‘time bomb’ claim

A teachers’ union conference warns of strike action over cuts to pensions.

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Teachers warn on pension strikes

Unions representing public sector workers are appealing against a legal decision about how pensions are protected against inflation.

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Pension inflation move challenged

Congressional negotiators put the finishing touches Thursday on a new economic plan worth more than $150 billion that relies in part on forcing new federal employees to pay more for their retirement benefits. Read full article > >

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How Benjamin Cardin helped secure the federal pension deal

The Department for Work and Pensions admits to a large backlog of new sickness benefit claims, as tens of thousands await a decision beyond the 13-week assessment period.

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Ministers admit benefits backlog

People about to retire this year expect their pensions to be lower than retirees in the previous four years, with a fifth expecting incomes of less than £10,000.

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New retirees expect lower incomes

Thousands of workers at Unilever are to stage a series of 24-hour strikes in a row over pensions, unions announce.

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Unilever workers to stage strikes

The government has made no savings by raising the public sector pension age to 67, says a leading pensions consultancy.

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‘No saving’ in upping pension age

There has been a ‘seismic collapse’ in private sector pensions, with nine out of 10 defined benefit schemes closed to new entrants, a report warns.

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Private sector pension ‘collapse’

A union leader has said she is hopeful of a breakthrough on teachers’ pensions on a key day of negotiations.

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Hope for pensions ‘breakthrough’

What’s the one commodity Mike Shanahan could sell near the end of his second disappointing season in charge of the Washington Redskins ? Hope. Hope in young playmakers on both sides of the ball. Hope in an improving defense. Hope in the future of a real foundation. Now, what’s the one commodity the coach and franchise architect literally just saw go up in smoke? Read full article > >

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Drug suspensions? Meet the new Redskins, same as the old Redskins

Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams and tight end Fred Davis were officially suspended without pay for four games by the NFL on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the league. Suspensions begin immediately for the pair, who had failed multiple drug tests. Williams reluctantly accepted the penalty earlier Tuesday, according to a person familiar with his situation. Davis’s response was less clear; he had been exploring whether he had other options than accepting the suspension, which was hammered out in a deal between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Read full article > >

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NFL suspends Redskins’ Trent Williams, Fred Davis