Government has got it wrong on GMP equalisation - lawyer

Jenna Towler
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The method chosen by the Department for Work and Pensions for equalising guaranteed minimum pensions could be challenged, a lawyer says.

Allen & Overy professional support lawyer Giannis Waymouth explained the government is using the 1972 European Communities Act to make the changes by regulation "rather than in the full glare of pa...

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