We should welcome TPR's involvement in the LGPS
John Gray predicts teething problems ahead and says regulation will result in a cultural shock for some schemes
As someone who has been involved with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for a number of years, I have always been surprised at how light-touch government regulation of the scheme has been, when...
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