Labour MP Ruth George has accused 'advisers' of "cleverly" circumventing the pensions cold calling ban by offering to give advice on a different topic.
Speaking at a Work and Pensions Select Committee hearing on pension costs and transparency on Wednesday morning, George (pictured) suggested advisers had been "cleverly" getting around the recent cold-calling ban. "There were 10.9 million cold calls about pensions in the last year," the select committee member said. "This is something that is going on at scale. Advisers are very clever in that they will phone up - reportedly about something else - but then arrange to make a visit and go and see people to give them financial advice, not specifically about pensions." George said one of ...
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