DWP consults on flexibility for PPF members
The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on giving more flexibility to pension scheme members whose scheme enters the Pension Protection Fund.
The draft PPF and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 seek to make a number of technical changes to legislation governing the PPF, particularly concerning scheme members'...
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