High Court throws out appeal against BBC pensionable pay cap

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The High Court has dismissed an appeal brought against the BBC after it limited the amount of pensionable pay on salary increases to 1% per year in a bid to plugs its scheme deficit.

Scheme member and employee of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra John Bradbury originally took his complaint to the Pensions Ombudsman (PO). He argued that basic salary had its own meaning and it wa...

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