Comment: Bureaucracy victimises TSW pensioners

Jenna Towler
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Members of the small Television South West Pension Scheme have been arguing with the powers that be in the hope they would apply a little lateral thinking to its £228,000 Pension Protection levy bill problem. But to no avail.

You see, although the scheme didn't want or need the 37 days of PPF cover it got - it was still billed because the rules were not flexible enough. The 141 member scheme has been handed a bill of...

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