Regulator needs more resources not powers, WPC told

James Phillips
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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needs more funding and staff rather than a larger suite of powers, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.

MPs heard that TPR's current set of powers allow it an adequate oversight of defined benefit (DB) schemes, but a larger remit due to new pensions policy, such as auto-enrolment (AE), means it lacks...

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