Select committee to launch inquiry into whole DB universe

Michael Klimes
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The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) is launching a probe into the long term viability of the UK's 6,000 defined benefit (DB) schemes.

This follows the probes already underway concerning pension regulation and the impact of British Homes Stores' (BHS) liabilities on the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) if it absorbs the scheme. The g...

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