UK Coal seeks to offload scheme liabilities to PPF

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The UK's last remaining coalmining firm is seeking to place its scheme into the Pension Protection Fund to save its business.

UK Coal has asked The Pensions Regulator to approve a plan to offload liabilities for its members in the Industry Wide Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and the Industry Wide Mineworkers’ Pension Sc...

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