Open letter demands McVey legislates for pensions dashboard

52,270 signatures

Hannah Godfrey
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More than 50,000 people have signed an open letter to work and pensions secretary Esther McVey, asking her to legislate for the creation of the pension dashboard.

The letter, hosted by campaign group 38 Degrees, has asked the minister to make it a legal requirement for all pensions providers to sign up to the dashboard. Signatories have also asked that the dashboard include the state pension, and that it displays "clear and neutral" information. The letter had gathered 52,270 signatures at the time of writing. It has been a challenging few months for the project. In July reports emerged that McVey (pictured) was set to kill off government support for the project before, the next day, pensions minister Guy Opperman declined to deny the dashboard...

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