Cold calling ban shelved, govt says

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The upcoming Financial Guidance and Claims Bill will not include the pensions cold calling ban, the Department for Work and Pensions has said.

Responding to a request from former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann in the House of Lords last night, DWP representative Baroness Buscombe said the government planned to publish a consultati...

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