BT to resolve pension liability conflict in court

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UK - BT, the telecoms group is to seek a court ruling on the status of the Crown Guarantee with regards to its pension scheme, industry reports have claimed.

The guarantee given by the government, set out in section 68 of the 1984 Telecommunications Act, and amended by the 2003 Communications Act, applied to pensions liabilities transferred to the compa...

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