Industry fears final death-knell for DB following UK Budget

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The abolition of contracting-out has led industry figures to predict, again, the end of DB schemes in the UK, as Michael Bow reports

Private sector pension provision is dead – long live state benefits. That was the message the UK’s coalition government signalled in its 23 March Budget after the Treasury revealed its intent to en...

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