Government terminates Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme contract with Capita

Government said it has a ‘lack of confidence in Capita’s ability’

Holly Roach
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paymaster general and Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds. CC BY 3.0 Attribution 3.0 Unported
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The government has terminated the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme’s contract with Capita.

In a ministerial statement in parliament today (22 April), paymaster general and Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said this comes "following a failure to meet critical transition milesto...

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