Revealed: The UK's £7.1trn pensions obligation

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Total UK pension obligations hit £7.1trn at the end of 2010 - including unfunded defined benefit public sector obligations of £900m, national statistics show.

Figures from the Office for National Statistic revealed the private sector had total defined benefit obligations of £1.3trn. Private sector defined contribution pots totalled a further £711bn Ho...

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