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Pension liberation scams have pushed four people who used them to take their own lives after realising they had lost much of their retirement fund, according to a victims campaigner.

The schemes, run by Ark Business Consulting and Capita Oak, told hundreds of people they could access their pension funds before age 55 without having to pay tax because of a legal loophole. In reality,...

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