Following the news that Labour has won the 2024 UK general election, Pensions Age takes a look at what we know so far about the party’s plans for pensions. The exact detail on much of Labour’s pension policy is yet to be shared, although the 2024 manifesto provided some insight …
Read More »Dealing with the implications of ChatGPT. Telegram impersonation affects cryptocurrency firm. Phishing attacks.
By the CyberWire staff At a glance. Dealing with the implications of ChatGPT. Telegram impersonation affects cryptocurrency firm. Phishing attacks. The NOTAM outage appears not to have been caused by a cyberattack. Ransomware attacks and developments. Dark Pink APT active against Asian targets. Kinsing cryptojacking targets Kubernetes instances. The Health3PT …
Read More »Saudi Arabia ranks first in annual labor force growth rate
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has ranked first in the labor force growth rate, outperforming other G20 countries, during the period 2012 – 2021, according to the labor market benchmarking report issued by the National Labor Observatory (NLO). This report keeps track of the international indicators issued by the International Labor …
Read More »DWP begins engagement over multi-employer CDC schemes – DC & Auto-enrolment
In his foreword, Opperman wrote that the new regulations “will be a huge step forward in providing a major enhancement to the existing occupational pensions landscape, and a third way forward between traditional defined benefit and post 2012 defined contribution schemes”. He continued: “By allowing pension scheme members to share …
Read More »World Debt Reaches Record $281 Trillion
The world has never been more indebted after a year of battling Covid-19. And there’s even more borrowing ahead. Governments, companies and households raised $24 trillion last year to offset the pandemic’s economic toll, bringing the global debt total to an all-time high of $281 trillion by the end of …
Read More »U.K. Inflation Ticks Higher on Its Way Toward BOE’s 2% Target
Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg U.K. inflation unexpectedly accelerated in January, in what economists say is the first step toward a significant increase that could bring the rate close to the Bank of England 2% target later this year. Prices climbed 0.7% from a year earlier, boosted by the …
Read More »Post Office pension scheme plans buyout policy switch
The trustees of the Post Office section of the Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP) are planning on converting their buy-in policy with Rothesay Life into a buyout policy. In a letter, Communication Workers Union (CWU) assistant secretary, Andy Furley, detailed the trustees’ plan to move from a group insurance policy …
Read More »DS Smith targets ‘commuter coffee waste’ with new workplace collection scheme
Businesses will be able to recycle coffee cups using collection boxes | Credit: DS Smith Packaging firm targets the millions of disposable coffee cups used by commuters, which it says are falling through the gaps of the recycling system Every day thousands of coffee cups are discarded by weary commuters …
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