Ombudsman hampered by govt hiring freeze

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The Pensions Ombudsman's team of legal investigators has been understaffed by a third over the last year due to government restrictions on recruitment.

The organisation was barred from hiring from outside the civil service after the government froze recruitment at Whitehall - even though Ombudsman staff are not classed as civil servants. This l...

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