Spending Review: Equitable Life victims to recieve £1.5bn - UPDATED

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Equitable Life victims will get about £1.5bn in compensation, the government has confirmed.

It said it would make £1.5bn available for the Equitable Life Payments Scheme, £1bn of which would be paid out upfront in the first three years of the Spending Review. And it said the figure enc...

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