Partner pensions: Time for change?

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Hilary Salt says we should look again at whether DB schemes should provide a partner pension given the vast social changes over recent decades

Defined benefit (DB) schemes generally provide a partner pension payable after the member's death - often at the rate of 50% of the member's pension. It's easy to see historically why a widow's pen...

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