Defined benefit (DB) schemes and the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) are set to receive even less in sponsor insolvencies as the Treasury moves the taxman higher up the repayment ladder.
From April 2020, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to become a ‘preferential creditor' under plans announced in the Budget yesterday (29 October), moving from the ‘unsecured creditor' category it cu...
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