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Page last updated at 15:58 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009

Coins
Pensions safety net shows strain
The effect of the financial crisis on claims to the Pension Protection Fund have been revealed in its annual report.
Workplace pension savings boost
The squeeze on pensions

Tate & Lyle Sugar firm to shut pension scheme
The Tate & Lyle sugar company becomes the latest to announce the closure of its final-salary pension scheme.

Notes and coins State pensions to rise by 2.5%
State pensioners will have a £2.40 per week increase next April, even though retail price inflation was negative last month.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Retired man relaxing
Pensions squeeze
The scale of the UK's pension issue in graphics
Shadow chancellor George Osborne gives his keynote speech to delegates on the second day of the Conservative Party Conference on October 6, 2009 in Manchester When I'm 66?
Osborne's Tory pension plans still short on detail
Old shop worker Time to go?
The row over the UK's compulsory retirement age
Workers from Barclays bank lobby the shareholders' AGM in August 2009 Disappearing act
The trend of companies closing pension schemes
Mock cheque representing Sir Fred Goodwin's pension Big figure
The fall out from Sir Fred Goodwin's pension deal
Equitable Life sign Falling star
What really happened at Equitable Life?
Protesting postmen in London Paying for post
The Royal Mail pension scheme is a vital public issue


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PENSIONS BASICS
Two-thirds of people under 30 and working full-time do not have a pension
The state pension age for men and women will rise to 66 in 2024, to 67 in 2034 and 68 in 2044
From 2012, workers without a workplace pension will automatically be enrolled into a workplace pension, such as the Personal Accounts scheme
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