Government should pay half of 2009 PPF levy - EXCLUSIVE

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The government should pay half of this year's Pension Protection Fund levy in a bid to help scheme sponsors, Punter Southall says.

Technical director Joanne Livingstone said while the government would not underwrite the lifeboat fund it would be "very helpful if it at least undertook to pay some of the PPF levies required from...

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