MP Kinnock to meet steelworkers over fresh pension transfer concerns

‘See no evil, ask no questions, tell no lies’

Hannah Godfrey
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MP Stephen Kinnock is to meet with former British Steel pension scheme members over fresh concerns about advice they received to transfer away from their defined benefit (DB) pensions.

The meeting will take place in the Twelve Knights hotel in Port Talbot on 1 February and will focus on emerging concerns that poor advice was given to members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS). The meeting is also open to workers from other DB schemes who feel they have been misadvised. Kinnock (pictured), the MP for Aberavon, will attend alongside Echelon Wealthcare managing director Alastair Rush, a founding member of the pro bono initiative CHIVE. Former Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) man Rory Percival and Clarke Willmott solicitor Philippa Hann, who is representing some o...

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