Esther McVey set to 'kill off' govt dashboard support - reports

Project should be led by private sector

James Phillips
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Secretary of state for work and pensions Esther McVey may end the government's involvement in the pensions dashboard project, according to reports.

She believes the project should be provided by the private sector and is seeking to ditch state efforts when the parliamentary summer recess begins, The Times reported. According to the newspaper's sources, McVey is also worried the project will distract from universal credit, one of the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) other flagship policies. The DWP took over development of the dashboard from the Treasury last year, with pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman stating at the time: "Make no mistake, the dashboard will happen." Both the government and the ind...

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