Equitable Life victims 'treated worse than Gurkhas'

Peter Scawen, co-ordinator of the Equitable Life Trapped Annuitants (ELTA) action group, says a "swathe of sympathy" for Gurkhas does not appear to have been extended to victims of the insurer's near collapse in 2000. Scawen's comments follow fresh criticism for the Government from Parliamentary Ombudsman Ann Abraham this week. In her second report into its handling of the crisis, Abraham branded the Government's response to her initial findings of maladministration as "deeply disappointing". "We are still hopeful we can force the Government to change its mind, but we're not confident...