Steelworkers left to fend for themselves 'while Rome burns', Field's committee says

James Phillips
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Ensuring British Steel workers were well-equipped to make a decision on their future pension provision was "afforded insufficient priority", and the regulator now needs to review the process, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has said.

Publishing its conclusions of the inquiry into advice given to steelworkers, the parliamentary committee criticised The Pensions Regulator (TPR), the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and the governme...

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