WPC publishes report into defined benefit pension schemes

MPs comment on funding regime, surplus extraction and consolidation approaches

Jasmine Urquhart
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The WPC has recommended the DWP, TPR and government work on addressing surpluses, trustee skills and accreditation, open DB schemes and the PPF underpin
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The WPC has recommended the DWP, TPR and government work on addressing surpluses, trustee skills and accreditation, open DB schemes and the PPF underpin

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has published its inquiry into defined benefit (DB) schemes.

The DB Pension Schemes report – published following six evidence sessions and after considering 100 pieces of written evidence – made 23 recommendations for how the UK's 5,197 DB schemes should be ...

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