Government plans to sell off Royal Mail scheme assets 'absolutely wrong'

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Government plans to sell off Royal Mail pension scheme assets is "absolutely the wrong thing to do", a former Downing Street pensions adviser says.

Ros Altmann said plans to sell off Royal Mail Pension Plan assets while taking on the liabilities of the scheme was "throwing away assets already set aside for that purpose". She said: "We have e...

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