Ombudsman won't have resource to deal with estimated 400 cases in 2018/19

Kim Kaveh
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The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has said it expects 1,800 cases to be opened over the 2018/19 financial year, but it only has the resources to deal with 1,400.

According to its 2018-2021 corporate plan published this month, it has "recently been given the go-ahead to recruit additional resource", but due to the lateness of the decision, it will not have s...

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