A report from the Public Administration Select Committee has sided with the Parliamentary Ombudsman over claims of government maladministration.
The 138-page document from the PASC says the government’s behaviour in rejecting the findings of the ombudsman’s report: “Trusting in the Pensions Promise”, is “being at best naïve, and at worst misleading”. It says having conducted its own investigations, it agrees with the findings of the Ombudsman that maladministration occurred as “government information about pensions was deficient and reasonable people would have been misled”. In addition, it dismissed the claims by the government suggesting the leaflets in question made it clear people needed to take professional advice, giving e...
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