UK - Local authorities will not have to raise council taxes to clear the West Midlands Superannuation Pension Fund's £1.3bn deficit, chief pensions officer Mike Woodall (pictured) insists.
Woodall stressed there was no crisis within the scheme – which handles the pensions of workers in Birmingham, Solihull, the Black Country and Coventry – and a rise in council taxes would not be nec...
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