UK - Pension lawyers have attacked the government's £400m compensation package for scheme members who have lost savings when their firms collapsed as a "cost neutral" stunt.
Denton Wilde Sapte partner Elmer Doonan said the rescue package was “lamentably inadequate” and “probably a very good trick”. He said: “The £400m will be distributed to the poorest pensioners – ...
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