The market value of funds for the English and Welsh local government pension schemes (LGPS) reached £259bn at the end of the 2016/17 financial year, official statistics show.
This is up 21% from 2015/16 when the funds totalled £214bn, and 43% since 2012/12 when their market value amounted to £177bn, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government. Th...
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