The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has told the Parliamentary Ombudsman the Government is "not minded" to accept the findings of maladministration against it, and will not implement her recommendations.
In the report: ‘Trusting in the pensions promise: Government bodies and the security of final salary occupational pensions’, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham investigates complaints against the DWP, the Treasury, the former Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) and the National Insurance Contributions Office (NICO) of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). But Stephen Timms, minister for pensions reform, says the government does not accept the report's finding suggesting it provided misleading information as to the level of protection offered by the MFR, or the repor...
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