Key points raised in DWP's DB green paper

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed ways to improve the defined benefit (DB) system in its long-awaited consultation paper.

Here is a summary of the most important proposals and points raised in the green paper that was published today.   1)    Indexation could be suspended for underfunded schemes There could be a...

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