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Equalisation problems from the 1990s are increasingly coming out of the woodwork as more schemes go down the bulk annuity route. The consequences can be enormous but there are ways to tackle it, writes Stephanie Baxter

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will issue a green paper on the future of defined benefit (DB) schemes in early 2017, the pensions minister has confirmed.

Pensions minister Richard Harrington has commissioned the Government Actuary's Department (GAD) to assess projected life expectancy in future years for the state pension age review.