What is the future of the British Steel Pension Scheme?

With the steel industry's fortunes hanging in the balance, PP considers the prospects for its pension fund.

Michael Klimes
clock • 8 min read

With the fortunes of the steel industry hanging in the balance, Michael Klimes investigates the prospects for the pension fund.

At a glance The sustainability of the BSPS is in question  It has 130,000 members, only 15,000 are active  Pensions are hard to separate from issues around jobs and competitiveness ...

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