A government failure to update equality legislation means schemes offering bridging pensions could fall foul of provisions in the Equality Act 2010 - leaving them reliant on EU law as an interim solution.
With the state pension age rising above 65 for the first tranche of people yesterday (6 March), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had consulted on a draft order to allow schemes to conside...
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