The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it is to appeal against the verdict of the Judicial Review which found the government guilty of providing misleading information on the security of occupational pensions.
Exactly a year after the Parliamentary Ombudsman published her report “Trusting in the Pensions Promise” on 15 March 2006, which accused the government of maladministration, John Hutton, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has announced the DWP will appeal the verdict. On the 21 February the High Court agreed with the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s findings suggesting government information on the level of security offered by occupational pension schemes was misleading, in particular regarding a leaflet published in 1996 explaining the 1995 Pensions Act. At the time of the judgement Hu...
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