Webb defends CPI switch

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Pensions minister Steve Webb has defended the CPI pension indexation switch after the Trades Union Congress accused him of breaching members' accrued rights.

Speaking at the TUC Member Trustee Network conference this morning, Webb said he had not broken promises to protect accrued rights and maintained CPI was a better measure of matching the profile of...

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