Public must know about ‘shocking' effect of pensions reform on benefits
Vulnerable people must be informed about how pension freedoms could cut off their access to means-tested benefits according to Baroness Hollis of Heigham.
Speaking at the third reading of the Pension Schemes Bill in the Lords, the Labour peer said the freedoms were destroying the integrity of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) rules on means-tested benefits....
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