BT loses battle on £17m PPF levy exemption

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BT has lost its fight to hold onto a partial exemption from paying the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levy.

In the latest stage of a long-running dispute the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today rejected the firm's appeal against an earlier ruling that the exemption amounted to state aid. The telecom...

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