Carillion's pension schemes face PPF as construction giant goes bankrupt

Kim Kaveh
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Carillion has filed for compulsory liquidation after emergency talks with its lenders and the government failed to reach a deal that would save the company.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR), the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), civil servants from the Cabinet Office, and city advisers met on Friday, with talks continuing into the weekend, to discuss the fate...

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