Ex-nuclear workers say govt should pay '£182m pension loss'

Michael Klimes
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Former nuclear workers are urging the government to honour pension promises they claim were made when the industry was privatised two decades ago.

According to the campaign launched on 14 July, more than 3,000 pensioners from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) Technology scheme lost on average one-third of their pension entitlement. They al...

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