Altmann unimpressed by Tory blueprint
CONSERVATIVE plans to boost defined benefit provision in the UK overlooks the importance of securing benefits and could even lead to "fiddled figures", an independent consultant has said.
Ros Altmann said suggestions put forward by the Tories in their Economic Competitiveness Policy Group Review “won’t make a great deal of difference to members in the long run”. She said: “Scrapping...
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