Defined benefit scheme funding levels have plunged by one-fifth over the past year dragging a further 83 previously fully funded schemes into deficit, data shows.
Figures from the Pension Protection Fund 7800 Index released today reveal funding levels last month were just 80%, down from 99.9% last December, leaving schemes with one of the worst deficit situa...
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