Thousands of Scots face decades of poverty in retirement. More than four out of ten questioned by Scottish Widows admitted they hadn&#...

There's no question that the population's aging is of major importance, and that it will change the whole tenor of social life heal...

Almost two million retired adults in the UK have less disposable income than the average 11 year-old, according to a report. 

Always the first to attack workers’ pensions rights, the capitalist class have one rule for us and another for themselves. James Crosby an...

160,000 pensioners in Scotland are living in relative poverty – with an income of less than 60 per cent of the national average. Prices f...

Members the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), Scotland's largest teachers union, yesterday voted in favour of fighting austerity...

A person born today will be forced to work until they are 77 years old before they become eligible for a state pension, according to a new ...

Tens of thousands of Scottish workers will be on strike today protesting at government pension reforms. Departments affected include Jobcen...

The British Medical Association is poised to ballot its members on industrial action for the first time in 40 years. Under the Dept. of Heal...

Someone born today may have to work until they are 80, a leading insurer has warned. John Lawson , head of pension policy at Standard Life, ...

Doctors are threatening their first wave of industrial action in nearly 40 years, after they overwhelmingly rejected proposed changes to th...

Education, hospitals, transport and the like are primarily a service for the smooth running of capitalism and were brought in as such. It is...

Scotland's poorest people are facing food shortages akin to Second World War rationing, a charity has claimed . Pensioners and those on ...

Scottish employees of Clydesdale Bank face a large cut in take-home pay after the Glasgow-based institution said it will ask them to put 9...

Ian Bell , the Herald's columnist has written a useful article about the attcks on state workers pensions. He points out that public se...

The average Scottish male will be able to claim just five years of the state pension before he dies, under the new government plans to raise...

We read Northern Rock's former boss Adam Applegarth received a £750,000 pay-off when he left last December. Applegarth, who is 46, is ...

The UK's state pension system has been named as the worst in the European Union for the second year running in a survey . British pensio...

Further to our earlier post on generous retirement pensions for those who hold directorships , we read that Iain Carmichael, the former fi...

We have been hearing a lot about the pensions "blackhole" and how we are all living too long to receive an adequate pension , and ...