Whistleblowing to watchdog jumps 35% in 2017/18

James Phillips
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The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) enforcement activity hit a record high in 2017/18 after it intervened in twice as many cases as the previous year, Clyde & Co research has found.

Between 1 April 2017 and 30 March 2018, TPR undertook around 102,000 enforcement actions, almost exactly double the 50,000 its activity in 2016/17, and representing 63% of all enforcement action si...

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