DWP denies it will legislate on ABI code

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The Department for Work and Pensions has denied rumours it plans to legally enforce the Association of British Insurers' code of conduct on annuities if the industry fails to comply with its recommendations.

Hargreaves Lansdown head of pensions research Tom McPhail had claimed, after conversations with Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban, pensions minister Steve Webb and shadow pensions minister Gr...

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