Altmann vows to 'clear up' state pension contracting out confusion

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Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has pledged to ‘clear up' confusion over the new state pension.

In a series of comments on Twitter over the weekend, Baroness Altmann she had "been left to clear up the previous lack of clarity" with regards to the new rules but promised she would try and help ...

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