Top companies cut pension contributions
Blue chips have halved deficit payments since 2012
The UK's biggest companies cut contributions to defined benefit pensions by 15% last year, according to research from LCP.
The consultant's annual Accounting for Pensions Survey found FTSE 100 firms paid £12.5bn into their schemes in 2014, down from £14.8bn in 2013 and £16.8bn in 2012. The biggest fall came in additional...
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