Pension funds 'back in the red'

The collective deficit of the UK's private sector final-salary pension schemes worsened in May, says the Pension Protection Fund.

The deficit in final salary pension schemes in the private sector rose in January, the Pension Protection Fund says.

The financial position of private sector, final salary pension schemes improved in November, according to the Pension Protection Fund.

The deficit of private sector final-salary pension schemes in the UK has improved, the Pension Protection Fund says.

The deficit of private sector, final-salary pension schemes fell back in January, according to figures from the Pension Protection Fund.

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The government has stolen some of the Public Sector Pension Commission's thunder by putting public sector pensions on the agenda so soon after the election. But ministers will be grateful to this independent group for putting so many eye-popping statistics into the public domain.