British Telecom could have to pay the Pension Protection Fund £16.6m after its partial exemption from levies was declared illegal by the European Commission.
The commission's investigation into the Crown guarantee covering some of the pension liabilities of the telecommunications firm was partially unlawful under EC Treaty state aid rules. It said it ...
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