Timms: Watchdogs powerless on online scam ads

WPC chair says government needs to boost legislation to tackle paid-for ads

James Phillips
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WPC chair Stephen Timms. Credit: UK Parliament
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WPC chair Stephen Timms. Credit: UK Parliament

The fragmentation of pension regulators has made pension scams “very difficult to deal with”, Stephen Timms says as he continues to urge for greater joined-up work.

There needs to be a "much clearer and more organised regulatory response", the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chair said, speaking at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) annual ...

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