The Department for Work and Pensions is under pressure to speed up plans for a ‘defined ambition' middle-ground, as experts predict the end of contracting out could spark a wave of defined benefit closures.
In the much-anticipated state pension white paper, the government yesterday confirmed that contracting out - where employers in the private and public sector opted out of the state second pension a...
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