Cold calling ban shelved, govt says

Responding to a request from former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann in the House of Lords last night, DWP representative Baroness Buscombe said the government planned to publish a consultation "shortly" that looked at ways to tackle pension scams, including cold calling. "As such, we do not propose to include a cold-calling ban in the bill at this time," she said.   Altmann had asked the Lords to include the ban on pension cold calling in the bill. She said it was an issue she felt "so strongly about", adding: "It is important we can give the public the message that if someo...