James Purnell, minister for pensions reform, has confirmed details of a delivery authority for personal accounts will be announced in a separate white paper to be published in the first week of December.
Speaking at the release of a summary of responses to the white paper on pensions reform - hosted by the Social Market Foundation - Purnell revealed further details on personal accounts, including the government’s favoured model choice, would be published in the first week of December. In addition, he says the white paper - originally planned as a technical paper - will set out the government’s intention to establish a delivery authority which will be “an independent body designed to manage the necessary contracting processes and will enable the government to bring in the skills of the priv...
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