The government has indicated it may change the order in which debts are recovered during an insolvency, putting pension schemes higher up the hierarchy.
Both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pension obligations are generally "unsecured creditors", ranking the lowest in an insolvency hierarchy. This includes DB recovery plan paymen...
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